aberrazione

aberration

noun ah-ber-rah-TSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: From Latin aberratio, a wandering away.

Also means

anomaly

Usage Note

Aberrazione can denote a scientific aberration (e.g. optical or genetic) or, more commonly in everyday Italian, a moral or behavioural deviation — something shocking or outrageous. The plural is aberrazioni. The phrase è un'aberrazione is used colloquially to express strong disapproval.

Examples

"Quella decisione è stata un'aberrazione totale."

Natural Translation

That decision was a total aberration.

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