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aberration

aberration

noun ah-beh-rah-SYOHN Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Origin: Latin 'aberratio' (a wandering away), from 'aberrare'.

Also means

anomaly, absurdity

Usage Note

Aberration is used in French both scientifically — une aberration optique (optical aberration) — and in everyday speech to mean something utterly illogical or absurd: c'est une aberration! (that's outrageous!). The plural is des aberrations. The adjective aberrant (e/m) is the paired form.

Examples

"Cette décision est une pure aberration."

Natural Translation

This decision is pure nonsense.

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