abnormalize

English

Alternative forms

abnormalise

Etymology

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈnɔɹ.məl.aɪz/

Verb

abnormalize (third-person singular simple present abnormalizes, present participle abnormalizing, simple past and past participle abnormalized)

(transitive) To make abnormal. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

to make abnormal

Dutch: abnormaal maken
Portuguese: anormalizar

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormalize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormalize”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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