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单词 deviant
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deviantn.

Brit. /ˈdiːvɪənt/, U.S. /ˈdiviənt/
Etymology: < deviant adj.
a. Something that deviates from normal.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > that which is abnormal
enormitya1513
abnormity1822
abnormality1847
abnormal1857
deviant1927
1927 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Feb. 376 Omental bands or deviants, when extensive, are prone to contain a great deal of fibrous tissue.
b. = deviate n. 1.
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1928 M. Mead Coming of Age in Samoa (1929) xi. 169 These girls all represented the deviants from the pattern in one direction... At any time, they, like all deviants, might come into real conflict with the group.
1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. vi. 126 The fact that there are always individual deviants shows that a strong-minded (or weak-willed) individual can substitute purely personal choices of his own for those favoured by the community in which he lives.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iv. 74 Seasoned nonconformists and dissenters, sexual deviants, feather-bedders.
1957 Observer 3 Nov. 10/5 Even among experimental groups, there is always a certain percentage of deviants who do not conform to standard norms, and in social terms these deviant groups are most necessary.
1959 Listener 28 May 947/2 Our attitudes to offenders and other ‘deviants’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

deviantadj.

Etymology: < late Latin dēviānt-em, present participle of dēviāre : see deviate adj. and -ant suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeviant.
1. Deviating; divergent. spec. Deviating from normal social, etc., standards or behaviour.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > turning aside from a course of action
deviantc1400
offward1563
non-resident1616
stroddling1647
sidestepping1902
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour
irregular1395
unformalc1449
informalc1475
disordered1561
monstrous1568
odd1577
irregulate1579
exorbitant1613
free-spirited1613
exorbitating1632
inconformable1633
extravagant1650
inconform1659
eccentric1685
unconformable1702
outrageous1778
unconventional1840
erratic1841
kinky1844
Bohemian1846
radical1869
Bohemic1874
nonconforming1899
hard case1904
jazz1917
offbeat1922
deviant1935
deviate1945
oddball1945
left field1951
way out1955
boho1958
non-conformant1960
sideways1969
c1400 Rom. Rose 4789 From youre scole so devyaunt I am.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Deuiant, farre out of the way.
1935 M. Mead Sex & Temperament Primitive Societies xviii. 302 Because it is believed marriage must be based upon contrasting personalities, deviant men often choose deviant women.
1944 G. Bateson in J. McV. Hunt Personality & Behavior Disorders II. xxiii. 722 A character structure which is normal among us may be deviant among the Kwakiutl.
1957 Observer 3 Nov. 10/5 Even among experimental groups, there is always a certain percentage of deviants who do not conform to standard norms, and in social terms these deviant groups are most necessary.
1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. x. 314 Elaborate studies of deviant behaviour have been..undertaken which make no attempt to establish the norms from which the subjects are presumed to be deviating.
2. That diverts or causes to turn aside. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > deviating from straight course > that causes deviation
deviant1471
deflecting1796
deflective1813
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Pref., in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 121 O deviaunt fro danger, O drawer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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