[responsivevoice] anomaly [/responsivevoice] [ uh-nom-uh-lee ]
The word of the day is ‘anomaly.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Deviation from normal, usual
2. Something that deviates from what is standard
3. Deviation
4. Quirk
1. Hindi – Visangati
2. Spanish – Anomalía
3. French – Anomalie
4. Mandarin – Yìcháng xiànxiàng
1. What an anomaly in political architecture, to build an inverted pyramid!
2. His position is virtually an anomaly and he himself, a mere figurehead.
3. That other anomaly, a man of inherited wealth, is disgusting to the anarchist.
4. His amusing vindication of the anomaly is worthy of a perusal
5. This anomaly was present in several of the maternal ancestors of the woman.
aberration, abnormality, deviation, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, rarity, departure, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, peculiarity, unorthodoxy, unconformity, incongruity, quirk, divergence, variation, eccentricity etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
conformity, normality, regularity, sameness, standard, usualness, usual
Quotation:
In ‘Amalur,’ each person believes he has an immutable destiny, one that defines how, and how long, he will live. Until you come along. But of course, your character is the anomaly, somebody who can change both his own fate and the destinies of the people he interacts with. So, naturally, it’s up to you to save the world.
Jason Schreier
Social Example:
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