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n. - One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group adj. - Markedly different from an accepted norm.

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  • The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
  • aberrant behavior
  • It also says some civilian supervisors are also at fault for ignoring clear signs of what it called his aberrant behavior.
  • More conspicuously aberrant is an example I read over the weekend:
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