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aberration: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; a disorder in one's mental state

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errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

squint collapse: the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed; cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"; partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"; be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus

vagary collapse: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

teratism collapse

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

dementia collapse: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

folie collapse

sick mind collapse

daftness collapse

brain damage collapse

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

psychopathy collapse

hairpin collapse: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

untruth collapse

dogleg collapse: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway; angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

swerving collapse

misjudgment collapse

discursion collapse

mental deficiency collapse

mental illness collapse: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

anomaly collapse: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

deflection collapse: the property of being bent or deflected; the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

deployment collapse: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work

detour collapse: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); travel via a detour

heresy collapse: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

whimsy collapse

unbalance collapse: derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him"; throw out of balance or equilibrium; "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department"

lunacy collapse: obsolete terms for legal insanity

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

irrationality collapse: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding

distraction collapse: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"; mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"; an obstacle to attention

digression collapse: wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

errantry collapse

monstrosity collapse: something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

derangement collapse: a state of mental disturbance and disorientation

oddity collapse: a strange attitude or habit; eccentricity that is not easily explained

disorientation collapse: confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was the result of inattention"; a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)

quirk collapse: a narrow groove beside a beading; twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"

unorthodoxy collapse: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

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