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enormity

/ɪˈnɔːmɪti/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

Synonyms

desecration,
violation,
atrociousness,
depravity,
immorality,
anomalousness,
oddness,
weirdness,
immensity,
prodigiousness