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ATYPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atypic mean?
• ATYPIC (adjective)
The adjective ATYPIC has 1 sense:
1. not representative of a group, class, or type
Familiarity information: ATYPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not representative of a group, class, or type
Synonyms:
Context example:
atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children
Similar:
unrepresentative (not exemplifying a class)
Also:
uncharacteristic (distinctive and not typical)
abnormal; unnatural (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)
Attribute:
typicality (the state of being that is typical)
Derivation:
atypicality (any state that is not typical)
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