different between erroneous vs abnormal

English

Etymology

From Old French and Latin erroneus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????.n?.?s/, /?????.n?.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?.ni.?s/, /???o?.ni.?s/

Adjective

erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)

1. Containing an error; inaccurate.

   His answer to the sum was erroneous.

2. Derived from an error.

   His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.

3. Mistaken.

   Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.

4. (obsolete) Wandering; erratic.
5. (law) Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal.

   If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "erroneous" is often applied: impression, assumption, belief, conclusion, statement, idea, data, view, opinion, judgment, notion, decision, interpretation, diagnosis, conception, theory, reading, instruction, ruling, assessment, doctrine, advice, value, application, thinking, perception, principle, concept, action, description, record, determination, teaching, inference, premise, conviction, reasoning, argument, exclusion, calculation, inclusion, treatment, deductions, analysis.

Synonyms

• errorful, errorous, errory
• (containing an error): inaccurate, incorrect, wrong
• (derived from an error): fallacious, false, faulty, flawed
• (mistaken): mistaken, wrong
• (legal: deviating from the requirements of the law):

Antonyms

• errorless

Derived terms

• erroneously
• erroneousness

Translations

See also

• errant
• erratic
• fallacious

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