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abnormalcy

American  
[ab-nawr-muhl-see] / æbˈnɔr məl si /

noun

plural

abnormalcies
  1. abnormality.


Etymology

Origin of abnormalcy

abnormal + -cy

Example Sentences

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Well, in actualcy and as a matter of practicalcy, I wonder if any doctor or scientist has ever discovered an abnormalcy, which I presume would be the opposite of the word he’s defending.

From Washington Post

While my family’s history of mental illness was cutting through my consciousness like a red line, my scientific work as a cancer biologist was also converging on the normalcy and abnormalcy of genes.

From Literature

The bone marrow was unaffected and healthy, my blood count was good, and the chest X-ray showed no signs of abnormalcy.

From Project Gutenberg

"A prolonged abnormalcy in Japan will certainly affect the material supplies in the Philippine electronics industry," said Ernie Santiago, president of the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Capitalism was not a normalcy but an abnormalcy.

From Project Gutenberg