单词 | deviance |
释义 | deviance (once / 347627 pages) n Deviance refers to a state that is veering away from the norm. Wearing a chicken suit to work would definitely be an example of deviance, unless of course you're a mascot. If you know that deviating means to depart from what's normal, you won't be surprised that deviance is a condition of abnormal or aberrant behavior. Deviance includes behavior that is considered weird, odd, and strange. Sometimes, deviance could include illegal behavior. Since people don't agree on what's normal, they don't agree on what counts as deviance either. WORD FAMILYdeviance: deviances+/deviate: deviance, deviated, deviates, deviating, deviatingly, deviation/deviating: undeviating/deviation: deviationism, deviations/deviationism: deviationist/deviationist: deviationists/undeviating: undeviatingly USAGE EXAMPLES“Trump has consistently normalized violence, sexual deviance, bigotry and hate speech,” she said in an email interview. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) What’s more, over the years they had systematically deluded themselves, through a process she calls the “normalization of deviance.” Slate(Sep 30, 2016) As black women, we've faced exclusion from the Women's Suffrage Movement, demeaning stereotypes of deviance and the relentless struggle of defending our femininity. US News(Aug 25, 2016) 1n a state or condition markedly different from the norm Syn|Hypo|Hyper aberrance, aberrancy, aberration chromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities deflection, warpa twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting monosomychromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number trisomychrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell sex-linked disorderany disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones abnormalcy, abnormality an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies 2n deviate behavior Syn|Hyper deviation abnormality, irregularity behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
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