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# deformity

noun (a deformity, deformities)

«deformity» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A deformity is a part of the body that has an unusual or twisted shape, from birth or after illness or injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x1)
- A clubfoot is a deformity that can be treated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x2)
- She was born with a hand deformity but plays the piano brilliantly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x3)
- The illness left him with a deformity of the spine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x4)
- Making fun of someone's deformity is cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x5)
- Doctors now treat many deformities in early childhood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x6)
- Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deformity/#x1)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deformity/): 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deformity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deformity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/deformity.html) on Mova free.