Supernormal vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
supernormal | abnormal |
Beyond what is normal; exceeding the average or the point of reference.
*Supernormal employment.
*Supernormal production.
Paranormal, supernatural.
* 1996 , Jess Byron Hollenback, Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment
(default logic, of a default) Both categorical and normal.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
As adjectives the difference between supernormal and abnormal
is that supernormal is beyond what is normal; exceeding the average or the point of reference while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.supernormal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- For example, why is it that supernormal phenomena so often accompany mystical experiences?
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.