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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. markedly different from an accepted norm;
- Example: "aberrant behavior"
- Example: "deviant ideas"
[syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aberrant \Ab*er"rant\, a. [L. aberrans, -rantis, p. pr. of aberrare. See Aberr.] 1. Wandering; straying from the right way. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [1913 Webster] The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aberrant adj 1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate] n 1: one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group