deviance

See also: déviance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dē viā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin dēviārebor.

French dévier

French -ance

French déviancebor.

English deviance

Borrowed from French déviance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvɪəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

deviance (countable and uncountable, plural deviances)

1. (sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

   Socrates was sentenced to death for his deviance.

2. A person or thing that differs from the expected. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• phenodeviance

Related terms

• deviant
• deviation

Translations

variation from expected behavior or form

• Czech: deviace f
• Dutch: afwijking (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeavuus (fi)
• French: déviance (fr) f
• Hungarian: deviancia (hu)
• Indonesian: penyimpangan (id), deviasi (id)
• Malay: devians
• Polish: dewiacja (pl) f
• Swedish: avvikelse (sv) c

person or thing that differs from the expected

• Dutch: buitenbeentje (nl)
• Polish: oryginał (pl) m

Anagrams

• cevadine