deviant (redirected from Deviants)

de·vi·ant  (dv-nt)

adj.

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

n.

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

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[Middle English deviaunt, from Late Latin dvins, dviant-, present participle of dvire, to deviate; see deviate.]

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devi·ance, devi·an·cy n.

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deviant

Adjective

deviating from what is considered acceptable behaviour

Noun

a person whose behaviour deviates from what is considered to be acceptable

deviance n

Thesaurus

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) masochist - someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast, pederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paedophile, pedophile - an adult who is sexually attracted to children miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples sadist - someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others sadomasochist - someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires bugger, sodomist, sodomite, sod - 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"

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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) << OPPOSITE normal

noun 2. pervert, freak, queer (informal), (derogatory) misfit, sicko (informal) odd type

Translations

deviant [ˈdiːvɪənt] adj → anómalo, pervertido

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deviant [ˈdiːvɪənt] adj → abweichend

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deviant [ˈdiːvɪənt] adj → deviante