enormity.
Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
Meaning & usage
Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot’s oppression.
A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English ēnorme (“monstrous or unnatural act; enormity”), from Old French énormité (“enormity”), from Latin ēnormitās (“irregularity; enormity”), from ēnōrmis (“irregular, unusual; enormous, immense”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being). Ēnōrmis is derived from e- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’) + nōrma (“norm, standard”) + -is (Latin suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
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