abnormalcy

English

Etymology

From abnormal +‎ -cy, by analogy with normalcy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/, /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/

Noun

abnormalcy (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalcies)

1. Synonym of abnormality
   • 2009, Jarrett Leplin, A Theory of Epistemic Justification, page 29:

     Both the abnormalcy of the conditions and the subject's insensitivity to their abnormalcy are understandable.

   • 1922, G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw In America‎^[1]:

     […] Capitalism was not a normalcy but an abnormalcy.

Synonyms

• (state of being abnormal): abnormality, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
• (something that is abnormal): aberrant; outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly