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enormities

The correct spelling is enormities.

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noun

Say it like: Eno-rmi-tee-s

The correct spelling is enormities. Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality. For example: "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."

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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.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Deviation from what is normal or standard; irregularity, abnormality.
  2. 2.Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
  3. 3.A breach of law or morality; a transgression, an act of evil or wickedness.
  4. 4.Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness.

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