#4 aberration

aberration - deviation from what is normal, expected, or usual, departure from truth, morality, displacement of a celestial body...

Also adjective - aberrant

From the Latin aberrare to wander away

History and to the present day provide vivid examples of regimes and societies which define what is normal and aberrant. Much human grief therein reside.

The greatest minds as they are capable of the highest excellencies are open likewise to the greatest aberrations. ~ Rene Descartes

Of all the sexual aberrations chastity is the strangest. ~ Anatole France

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