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ATYPICALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atypicality mean?
• ATYPICALITY (noun)
The noun ATYPICALITY has 1 sense:
1. any state that is not typical
Familiarity information: ATYPICALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any state that is not typical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
atypicality; untypicality
Hypernyms ("atypicality" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Antonym:
typicality (the state of being that is typical)
Derivation:
atypic (not representative of a group, class, or type)
atypical (deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal)
atypical (not representative of a group, class, or type)
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