abnormalとは

語源

ab- +‎ normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous,^[1] from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)),^[2] or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)^[3].

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæbˌnɔɹ.ml̩/, /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)məl

形容詞

abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)

1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19^th century.]^[4]
   • 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, ch. 6:

     And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.

2. Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20^th century.]^[4]
   • 1904, Jack London, The Sea Wolf, ch. 23:

     Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

同意語

• (not conforming to rule または system; deviating from type): aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.

名詞

abnormal (複数形 abnormals)

1. A person or object that is not normal.

参照

1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 3
2. ^ 1971 [1969], Morris, William editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-395-09066-0, page 3:
3. ^ Christine A. Lindberg (editor), The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition (Spark Publishing, 2007 [2002], ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4), page 3
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6