• Abnormalcy

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /æbˈnɔɹ.mlÌ©.si, /É™bˈnɔɹ.mlÌ©.si/

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    abnormal + -cy, by analogy with normalcy.

    Full definition of abnormalcy

    Noun

    abnormalcy

    (plural abnormalcies)
    1. Alternative form of abnormality
      • 2009, Jarrett Leplin, A Theory of Epistemic Justification, Both the abnormalcy of the conditions and the subject's insensitivity to their abnormalcy are understandable.
      • 1922, w, What I Saw In America, The nineteenth century was the very reverse of normal. It suffered a most unnatural strain in the combination of political equality in theory with extreme economic inequality in practice. ...
        Capitalism was not a normalcy but an abnormalcy.

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