The word aberration is a term that can be used in our language in several contexts at the same time, although, it should be noted, that the use that we mostly attribute to it is to refer to that deviation that occurs with respect to what is considered normal or as legal .
Serious deviation from what is considered normal, moral or legal
That is, generally, we use the word to account for all those behaviors, behaviors, that have nothing to do with the ordinary, with what is natural or expected, with good customs and therefore are not acceptable and are rejected by the majority. part of society, that is, they receive a strict moral condemnation , and if the case is worth a legal sentence for whoever perpetrates them.
In any case, we must say that the qualifier of aberration is limited only to those behaviors or actions that are disgusting and that outrage the community as a whole, such is the aforementioned case of the abuse of a minor, parricide, pedophilia, among others.
Thus, for example, if a father were to sexually abuse his son, it is common for such action to be classified as an aberration, because it is precisely opposed to what is normal, moral, and of course what is legally permitted.
Serious misunderstanding that triggers an untimely manifestation
On the other hand, it is also frequent that the word is used to refer to a serious mistake made by our reason, or in the understanding of something, then, the person makes a certainly errant manifestation about the matter that is being dealt with or addressed .
For example, they are talking about how to educate children and how, for example, to solve a situation of a child's tantrum, and an individual who participates in the talk says that the best thing to do to stop it is to slap him, of course. The demonstration will be considered an aberration by most of the people, in principle because physical violence against a minor is being encouraged , and also because such behavior escapes from any canon and manual of pedagogy.
On the other hand, when a person supports or promotes an idea that per se represents a danger or madness for the common good, for example that a convicted person of rape is allowed to re-enter a school, it will be spoken in terms of aberration.
Uses in astronomy, optics and biology
But in addition, the word aberration has a special use in other areas such as optics , astronomy and biology , which we will review below ...
In astronomy, the word is used to name that apparent deviation suffered by the stars and that finds the cause in the combination of two issues such as: the speed at which light propagates and the translation of the planet earth.
On the other hand, in the optics, the aberration will be that imperfection that an optical system suffers and that as such generates a vision with defects.
And at the behest of Biology it is also used to name a normal deviation that can imply a morphological or physiological order.
They are also called chromosomal mutations and occur when the chromosomes undergo a modification in terms of quantity or structure.
Chromosomal aberration or abnormality
A typical example of this type of aberration is the chromosomal aberration that will suppose an abnormal situation in the structure of the chromosomes, which consists of an alteration in the number, or failing that, in the structure of the chromosomes.
In most cases they are the result of some complication, error, during the conformation of the gametes by meiosis, or in the first divisions that the zygote undergoes after fertilization.
The well-known down syndrome disease is generated as a consequence of a chromosomal abnormality in which chromosome 21 appears duplicated, adding a chromosome to the pair.
This syndrome is one of the most common disabilities that human beings suffer and that can be more or less serious, limiting, although, it is not impossible that the person who suffers, thanks to a special education and support, can develop a life absolutely normal.
Currently there are schools specialized in the treatment of this disability and the boys who suffer from it can attend and educate themselves according to their abilities.
On the other hand, there are some scientific investigations that science has carried out or is doing that from the perspective of religion and the church are seen and described as aberrant, the best known case is that of genetic manipulation .