Deviant

Word DEVIANT
Character 7
Hyphenation de vi ant
Pronunciations /ˈdiː.vi.ənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Deviant"

What do we mean by deviant?

Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society. adjective

One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards. noun

Deviating; straying; wandering.

Deviating. adjective

Having behavior or characteristics differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner. adjective

Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard. adjective

A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior. noun

A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern. noun

A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior noun

Markedly different from an accepted norm adjective

A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

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The word "deviant" in example sentences

Late Friday, the military rulers issued a stern warning that they will crack down on what they called "deviant groups," which they blamed for a spike in crime and violence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Last night the military rulers issued a stern warning that they would crack down on what they called "deviant groups", which they blamed for an increase in crime and violence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Thus you have a feedback loop in which prejudice against those identifiable as deviant is validated by the very disgust that motivates it, and propagating that prejudice is validated by the pride that results. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Homosexuals and heterosexuals are both natural people, with no difference between them in humanity, make or nature … The real deviant is the one who is always trying to oust the other. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By accepting diversity we challenge these principles on which the deviant is excluded as abnormal, contaminating. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

James, well I think that anybody who engages in deviant sex be it women and underage boys or child molesters or homosexuals should be punished for their action. ❋ Unknown (2006)

P.S. - I set up that foot-tall figure of Pope John Paul II, and it's a tad disconcerting at first to be engaged in deviant sexual practices while he stares blithely on, but then you figure it's cool that he's watching and still just blessing it, and that's pretty cool. ❋ Circle23 (2006)

In researching her latest book, "A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique in American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s," Ms. Coontz found that in the past single people were often called "deviant," "neurotic" and "selfish." ❋ By TARA PARKER-POPE (2011)

In her world Eminem and his ilk are social outcasts and any kind of so-called deviant behavior is confronted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The report by the independent Project on Government Oversight, or POGO, cites complaints from nearly 10 percent of the guards working for the ArmorGroup North America, now owned by Wackenhut Services Inc, the most explosive, charges of what POGO calls deviant hazing and humiliation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And if the deviant is a Christian pastor, we order him never to send an e-mail or give a sermon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

NUCCITELLI: Once again, if this gentleman is the murderer, if he did do this, then stuff like that certainly says that he ` s a sexual deviant, which is also part of being a sociopath, psychopath or somebody who just doesn ` t fit in society. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The fourth are leftist vanity players like Kucinich and Sharpton who are the poster children for what the wing-nuts describe as the deviant left. ❋ Unknown (2004)

THOMAS: Well, we can definitely say that somebody who's a pedophile has what we would call a deviant sexual interest in children, and we know that there are certain age groups -- 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 14 ... ❋ Unknown (2002)

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