atypicality
Deviation from normal
Atypicality is the quality of being unusual or not conforming to a standard type or pattern.
The term appears frequently in clinical and educational contexts to describe behaviors or characteristics that deviate from what is considered typical: The child's atypicality was first noted in preschool.
In research settings, atypicality may be measured and quantified rather than simply observed.
The word carries a more neutral, clinical tone than oddness or strangeness.
Deviation from the norm
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
deviation · nonconformity · divergence · departure · exception · variance · discrepancy · incongruity
Unconventional behavior or nature
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
strangeness · weirdness · bizarreness · outlandishness · unconventionality · nonconformism · individualism · distinctiveness
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- unusualnessState of being atypical
- singularityPoint where values explode
exceptionality · extraordinariness · remarkableness · sparseness · preciousness · uniqueness · one-of-a-kind · limited
Creating something original
- originalityNovel creative quality
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
newness · breakthrough · pioneering · groundbreaking · inventiveness · ingenuity · creativity · experimentation
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
abnormality · deviation · nonconformity · divergence · departure · exception · variance · discrepancy · incongruity · disparity
eccentricity
Unconventional behavior or nature
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
oddity · strangeness · weirdness · bizarreness · outlandishness · unconventionality · nonconformism · individualism · distinctiveness · offbeat
uncommonness
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- unusualnessState of being atypical
singularity · exceptionality · extraordinariness · remarkableness · sparseness · preciousness · uniqueness · one-of-a-kind · limited · unprecedented
innovation
Creating something original
- originalityNovel creative quality
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
uniqueness · newness · breakthrough · pioneering · groundbreaking · inventiveness · ingenuity · creativity · experimentation · unorthodoxy
- Odditiescuriosity, curio, unusual, odd, strange
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- behavioral assessmentbehavioral assessment, clinical assessment, self-report, diagnostic tools, t-scores
atypicalitytypicality
Conformity to standard patterns
normalcy · normality · ordinariness · conventionality · regularity
atypicalitycommonness
Frequency of occurrence
usualness · prevalence · frequency · ubiquity · commonality
typical, typically, atypical, untypical, atypically, untypically, typicality, nontypical