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Aberration

The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.

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Abnormality 76% connected

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

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Disturbance 76% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Deflection 76% connected

The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.

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Warp 76% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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Aberrate 74% connected

To go astray; to diverge.

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Aberrate 74% connected

To go astray; to diverge.

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Aberrance 92% connected

Alt. of Aberrancy

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Aberrancy 92% connected

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

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Distortion 92% connected

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…

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Anxiety noun · 86% connection

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…

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Anxiety disorder noun · 86% connection

a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

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Anxiousness noun · 86% connection

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Bipolar disorder noun · 86% connection

a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression

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Castration anxiety noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in p…

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Conversion disorder noun · 86% connection

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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Conversion hysteria noun · 86% connection

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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Conversion reaction noun · 86% connection

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no appare…

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Delusional disorder noun · 86% connection

any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role

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Depression noun · 86% connection

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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Dissociative disorder noun · 86% connection

dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

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Emotional disorder noun · 86% connection

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…

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any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…

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Encopresis noun · 86% connection

involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

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Folie noun · 86% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Folie a deux noun · 86% connection

the simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man…

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Major affective disorder noun · 86% connection

any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…

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Apologue noun · 78% connection

A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

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Correct adjective · 78% connection

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; fre…

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Corruption noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Crookedness noun · 78% connection

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Cynical adjective · 78% connection

Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which ar…

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Degeneracy noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Depravation noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Error noun · 78% connection

A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wandering, deviation, truth, moral, rectitude.
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Evil noun · 78% connection

Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Be…

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Expediency noun · 78% connection

The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; de…

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