mental aberration

  • 1mental aberration — index lunacy, paranoia Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2mental aberration — mental defect, mental retardation, flaw of intelligence …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 3mental aberration — any pathological deviation from normal mental activity, usually limited to a circumscribed deviation in an otherwise adapted individual …

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  • 4Aberration — (1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal chromosome number or the normal chromosome structure. In this sense, aberration is also synonymous with deflection, departure, divergence,… …

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  • 5aberration — n. a mental aberration * * * [ˌæbə reɪʃ(ə)n] a mental aberration …

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  • 6aberration — ab|er|ra|tion [ˌæbəˈreıʃən] n formal an action or event that is different from what usually happens or what someone usually does ▪ a temporary aberration in US foreign policy ▪ a mental aberration …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7aberration — noun (C, U) an action or event that is different from what usually happens or what someone usually does: a temporary aberration in US foreign policy | a mental aberration …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8Aberration — has several meanings:*An abnormality of chromosomes *A disorder in one s mental state (see Mental illness) In optics: *Optical aberration, an imperfection in image formation by an optical system **Spherical aberration, which occurs when light… …

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  • 9aberration — 1 *deviation, deflection Analogous words: abnormality, aberrancy (see ABNORMAL): *error, blunder, mistake, slip, lapse: *fault, failing: anomaly (see PARADOX) Antonyms: conformity: regularity Contrasted words: normality (see …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 10aberration — [ aberasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1753; « éloignement » 1633; lat. aberratio, par l angl. 1 ♦ État d une image qui s écarte de la réalité. ♢ Astron. Déplacement apparent d un corps céleste causé par les effets combinés du mouvement de l observateur… …

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