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It is said that something or someone is atypical when they do not fit into a pre-established type or model, that is, when something or someone is different, different, special, or infrequent to the average. The atypical will always escape the common. By case these terms are also used as synonyms of this concept.

When the term is applied to things, it may be that the object in question is atypical due to its design, taste, texture, aroma, function, that is, some of these characteristics make it different from the rest and stand out, many times considering it as unique and impossible to be confused, or compared with the rest.

Now, we must say that what is atypical can enjoy a connotation negative and also positive, depending on who is looking at it. For this reason, it is also worth saying that subjectivity will come into play in determining the atypical.

A look both positive and negative

If an individual behaves in an unexpected, atypical way, in a context in which that behavior it is not accepted by the majority, of course, it will be looked upon with disgust and will not be accepted at all way.

This usually happens in very formal settings where basically no output from the protocols or the preset is accepted.

Meanwhile, in other areas, such as the artistic world, the weather that is breathed is freer and relaxed and then many behaviors or proposals are accepted that out of the ordinary and that are characterized precisely by their transgression and difference with respect to the rest. That is their great capital, the atypical thing they propose.

On the other hand and continuing with the examples, in the world of modeling, when a model arises that does not comply with the traditional measures of 90-60-90, or does not arrive to what is considered an acceptable height to pass clothing on a catwalk, among other alternatives, but on the contrary, it exceeds the same in the case of size or has a height that does not exceed one and a half meters, but despite any of these situations the model in question reaches a remarkable success, incessantly receiving proposals to participate in advertising campaigns and parades, such a situation within this scope will be considered as atypical.

On the other hand, when a child as young as four years old plays the piano at the level of a mature professional soloist and which took years to reach that level of perfection, the aforementioned question will also be considered as atypical.

Also when a patient presents a condition that is not characterized by the parameters established for it, it will be called atypical.

Law: rule that does not conform to the law

Meanwhile, at the request of the right penal all those will be called atypical actions that are not found adequate or in accordance with the rule prescribed criminal and that therefore turn out to be punishable within the framework of the law.

Psychology: that which is not based on a model

And from the point of view of psychology it will speak of something atypical when it is not found based on a model or type.

Traditionally, atypical facts, situations, events and people tend to arouse great interest among the people, who like to see, know and hear about these stories that are presented different from the usual ones and currents; Therefore, they turn out to be a regular content in the media of communication that reflect them because of this interest they hold.

The concept that is opposed is that of typical, which will refer to everything characteristic or representative of a type or model.
"Mario has the typical behavior of a jealous man, he calls his girlfriend on the phone every so often to check where he is."

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