单词 | deviant |
释义 | deviantn. a. Something that deviates from normal. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. 1. Deviating; divergent. spec. Deviating from normal social, etc., standards or behaviour. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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