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View usage for: (diːviənt) Word forms: plural deviants1. adjectiveDeviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable. ...the social reactions to deviant and criminal behaviour. This totalitarian approach left no room for deviant views. Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, twisted, warped More Synonyms of deviant deviance (diːviəns) uncountable noun ...sexual deviance, including the abuse of children. 2. countable nounA deviant is someone whose behaviour or beliefs are different from what people normally consider to be acceptable. Synonyms: misfit, odd type, pervert, freak More Synonyms of deviant deviant in British English (ˈdiːvɪənt) adjective1. deviating, as from what is considered acceptable behaviour noun2. a person whose behaviour, esp sexual behaviour, deviates from what is considered to be acceptable deviant in American English (ˈdiviənt) adjective1. deviating, esp. from what is considered normal in a group or for a society noun2. a person whose behavior is deviant Derived forms deviance (ˈdeviance) (ˈdiviəns) noun or ˈdeviancy (ˈdiviənsi) Word origin < LL devians, prp. of deviare: see deviate Examples of 'deviant' in a sentencedeviant In other languagesdeviant British English: deviant ADJECTIVE Deviant behaviour or thinking is different from what people normally consider to be acceptable. ...the social reactions to deviant and criminal behaviour. - American English: deviant
- Brazilian Portuguese: desviante
- Chinese: > 反常的行为或思想
- European Spanish: anómalo
- French: déviant
- German: abweichend
- Italian: deviante
- Japanese: 逸脱した
- Korean: > 벗어난표준에서
- European Portuguese: desviante
- Latin American Spanish: anómalo
Definition deviating from what is considered acceptable behaviour social reactions to deviant and criminal behaviour Synonyms warped wayward devious deviatesick (informal) kinky (slang) freaky (slang) pervy (slang) sicko (informal) Opposites straight , normal , conventional , orthodox , straightforward Definition a person whose behaviour deviates from what is considered to be acceptable a dangerous deviant who caused trouble Synonyms misfit odd type freak sicko (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition differing from the usual or typical a child with an abnormal fear of strangers Synonyms unusual, different, odd, strange, surprising, out there (slang), extraordinary, remarkable, bizarre, unexpected, curious, weird, exceptional, peculiar, eccentric, unfamiliar, queer, irregular, phenomenal, uncommon, erratic, monstrous, singular, unnatural, deviant (old-fashioned), unconventional, off-the-wall (slang), oddball (informal), out of the ordinary, left-field (informal), anomalous, atypical, aberrant, untypical, wacko (slang, old-fashioned), outré, daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Definition not straight The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind. Synonyms misshapen, twisted, angled, bowed, curved, arched, crooked, distorted, warped, deformed, tortuous, disfigured, out of shape Definition given to unusual sexual practices Synonyms perverted, warped, deviant (old-fashioned), unnatural, degenerate, unsavoury, unhealthy, depraved, licentious, pervy (slang) |