deformity
noun (a deformity, deformities)
Everyday
A deformity is a part of the body that has an unusual or twisted shape, from birth or after illness or injury. tree →
In the lessons
Used in medicine and history (doctors treat deformities with operations or special shoes and braces). In lessons on kindness and disability, people with a deformity deserve respect; many prefer words like «difference» or «condition». In older stories, deformity is sometimes wrongly used to show a character is evil — a myth.
Examples
- The surgeon corrected the deformity in the baby's foot. tree →
- A clubfoot is a deformity that can be treated. tree →
- She was born with a hand deformity but plays the piano brilliantly. tree →
- The illness left him with a deformity of the spine. tree →
- Making fun of someone's deformity is cruel. tree →
- Doctors now treat many deformities in early childhood. tree →
- Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you? tree →
Note
Countable: deformities. Myth: in old stories, an unusual body shows a bad person — this is false and unfair. Kind language: «a difference», «a condition».
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah lists deformity as the opposite of beauty, one of the pairs that make the letters "double." In the primary lessons: Used in medicine and history (doctors treat deformities with operations or special shoes and braces). In lessons on kindness and disability, people with a deformity deserve respect; many prefer words like «difference» or «condition». In older stories, deformity is sometimes wrongly used to show a character is evil — a myth.
Examples
- These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
Note
Countable: deformities. Myth: in old stories, an unusual body shows a bad person — this is false and unfair. Kind language: «a difference», «a condition».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «deformity» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «deformity» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «deformity» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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