different between abnormal vs haphazard

English

Alternative forms

• anormal
• (obsolete) abnormous

Etymology

From ab- +? normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malos).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb?n??.ml?/, /?b?n??.ml?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?l

Adjective

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.]
2. Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20^th century.]

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abnormal

Translations

Noun

abnormal (plural abnormals)

1. A person or object that is not normal.

References

Cebuano

Etymology

From English abnormal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal

Adjective

abnormal

1. abnormal; deviating from the usual or normal type
2. retarded; having mental retardation; mentally deficient
3. stupid; lacking in intelligence

Noun

abnormal

1. a retard
2. a stupid person

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abnormal.

Derived terms

• abno
• abnoy

German

Etymology

Related to Latin ab- and normal

Pronunciation

Adjective

abnormal (comparative abnormaler, superlative am abnormalsten)

1. abnormal

Declension

Related terms

• Abnormalität

Further reading

• “abnormal” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English abnormal, from Latin abn?rmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”), and from n?rma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gn?m?n, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -??? (-m?n, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-m?), from Proto-Indo-European *?i?neh?- (with the suffix -??? (-sk?), from Proto-Indo-European *-s?éti), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). Equivalent to abnorm +? -al, suffix from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -?lis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abn?r?m??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal

Adjective

abnormal (neuter singular abnormalt, definite singular and plural abnormale, comparative mer abnormal, superlative mest abnormal)

1. abnormal (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.)

   abnormal psykologi

   abnormal psychology

   Synonyms: anormal, unormal, uvanlig, usedvanlig, ualminnelig, overordentlig

   Antonyms: normal, vanlig, ordinær, gjennomsnittlig

References

• “abnormal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abnormal” in Store norske leksikon

English

Etymology

From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) +? hazard.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hæp?hæz.?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hæp?hæz.?d/

Adjective

haphazard (comparative more haphazard, superlative most haphazard)

1. Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

   Synonyms: random, chaotic

   Antonym: systematic

   • 1886, N. H. Egleston, Arbor-Day, Popular Science Monthly, p. 689:

     The haphazard efforts of a few, working here and there without concert, easily spent themselves in attaining results far short of what were needed.

   • 1909, Fielding H. Garrison, Josiah Willard Gibbs and his relation to modern science, Popular Science Monthly, p. 191:

     we assume a gas to be an assemblage of elastic spheres or molecules, flying in straight lines in all directions, with swift haphazard collisions and repulsions, like so many billiard balls.

   • 1912, Robert DeC. Ward, The Value of Non-Instrumental Weather Observations, Popular Science Monthly, p. 129:

     There is a very considerable series of observations — non-instrumental, unsystematic, irregular, "haphazard" if you will — which any one with ordinary intelligence and with a real interest in weather conditions may undertake.

Derived terms

• haphazardly
• haphazardness

Translations

Noun

haphazard (plural haphazards)

1. Simple chance, a random accident, luck.

References

• haphazard at OneLook Dictionary Search
• haphazard in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

• haphazard at OneLook Dictionary Search
• haphazard in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.