Synonyms for unusualness
Most common
rarity abnormality oddity strangeness atypicality remarkableness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Rarity — something unusual; an aberration
rarity, abnormality, oddity, strangeness, weirdness, outlier, deviance, anomaly, queerness
2. Atypicality — the condition or state of being unusual
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition or state of being unusual.
- n. 2
Something unusual; an aberration.
Forms
- Plural
- unusualnesses → rarities, abnormalities, oddities, strangenesses…
Example sentences
- rarity A perfectly clear and windless day is a real rarity.
- abnormality We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.
- strangeness The strangeness of such a claim forced me to laugh.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unusualness | steady | |
| rarity | steady | |
| abnormality | steady | |
| oddity | rising | |
| strangeness | rising | |
| atypicality | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- rarity3, oddity3
- 7 letters
- anomaly4, outlier3
- 8 letters
- deviance3
- 9 letters
- weirdness2, queerness
- 10 letters
- unusuality
- 11 letters
- abnormality5, strangeness2, atypicality
- 14 letters
- remarkableness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rarity3 = 3 syllables).