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de·vi·ant

(dē′vē-ənt)

adj.

Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.

One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards.

[Middle English deviaunt, from Late Latin dēviāns, dēviant-, present participle of dēviāre, to deviate; see deviate.]

de′vi·ance, de′vi·an·cy n.

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deviant

(ˈdiːvɪənt)

adj

(Sociology) deviating, as from what is considered acceptable behaviour

(Sociology) a person whose behaviour, esp sexual behaviour, deviates from what is considered to be acceptable

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de•vi•ant

(ˈdi vi ənt)

adj.

1. deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation.

2. a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin]

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Noun	1.	deviant - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior degenerate, deviate, pervert fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires sodomist - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Adj.	1.	deviant - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" aberrant, deviate abnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

deviant

adjective

1. perverted, sick (informal), twisted, bent (slang), abnormal, queer (informal, derogatory), warped, perverse, wayward, kinky (slang), devious, deviate, freaky (slang), aberrant, pervy (slang), sicko (informal) social reactions to deviant and criminal behaviour
perverted straight, normal, conventional, orthodox, straightforward

noun

1. pervert, freak, queer (informal, derogatory), misfit, sicko (informal), odd type a dangerous deviant who lived rough

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deviant

adjective

Departing from the normal:

aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, anomalous, atypic, atypical, divergent, irregular, preternatural, unnatural.

noun

One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm:

deviate, pervert.

Translations

αποκλίνων

poikkeavapoikkeus

déviant aberrant

aberrazione deviante deviato

afwijkelingafwijkend

deviant

девиантный

deviant

[ˈdiːvɪənt]

A. ADJ (gen) (also Psych, Ling) → desviado

B. N persona de conducta desviada

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deviant

[ˈdiːviənt]

adj [behaviour, thinking] → déviant(e)

n (= person) → déviant(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deviant

adj behaviour → abweichend, deviant (spec)

n jd, der von der Norm abweicht, → Deviant m (spec)

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deviant

[ˈdiːvɪənt]

1. adj (behaviour) → deviante; (development) → anormale; (sexually) → pervertito/a

2. n → deviante m/f (also sexual deviant) → pervertito/a

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