deviant

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 [ˈdiːvɪənt]

adj

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

n

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

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

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

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

Translations

deviant [ˈdiːvɪənt]

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

B. N persona de conducta desviada

deviant [ˈdiːviənt]

adj [behaviour, thinking] → déviant(e)

n (= person) → déviant(e) m/f

deviant

adj behaviour → abweichend, deviant (spec)

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

deviant [ˈdiːvɪənt]

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

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