Aberrant

a.	1.	Wandering; straying from the right way.
	2.	(Biol.) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. - Darwin.

Noun	1.	aberrant - one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
Adj.	1.	aberrant - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas" Synonyms: deviant

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