deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation: deviant social behavior.
noun
a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.
Origin of deviant
1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin dēviant- (stem of dēviāns, present participle of dēviāre to deviate), equivalent to Latin dē-de- + vi(a) road, way + -ant--ant
Rick Zbur, Equality California’s executive director, said it’s been common throughout the struggle for LGBTQ rights for opponents to advance a narrative that LGBTQ individuals are deviants or predators.
Sacramento Report: The Debate Over SB 145 Sure Escalated Quickly|Voice of San Diego|September 18, 2020|Voice of San Diego
While not binding people as tightly as imagistic rituals, doctrinal rituals enable group members to both identify those in their larger group and spot and police social deviants, Whitehouse says.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?|Sujata Gupta|August 14, 2020|Science News
The report made reference to “the deviant group,” the preferred euphemism that state-run media there uses for al Qaeda.
Is al Qaeda’s Attention Now Turning to United Arab Emirates?|Eli Lake|December 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The "deviant trend" is a title used by those who oppose Ahmadinejad to describe certain people close to him, including Mashaei.
Ahmadinejad Loses His Grip|Omid Memarian|May 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
One of the individuals said to belong to the “deviant trend” is Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.
Ahmadinejad Loses His Grip|Omid Memarian|May 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Republicans have long seen themselves as synonymous with America, and everyone else as deviant and marginal.
The Biggest Republican Lie|Michelle Goldberg|March 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When a person is judged by social standards to be deviant and even evil, however, it is difficult to summon caring.
Nursing as Caring|Anne Boykin
It smelled the outpouring of certain glands, tasted a deviant brain wave.
Watchbird|Robert Sheckley
There's nothing shameful, deviant or weird about either of them.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
It became official record, and my experience was the deviant.
What Need of Man?|Harold Calin
People whose greatest crime might have been lack of enthusiasm feared that they might be suspected of deviant political beliefs.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for deviant
deviant
/ (ˈdiːvɪənt) /
adjective
deviating, as from what is considered acceptable behaviour
noun
a person whose behaviour, esp sexual behaviour, deviates from what is considered to be acceptable