deviant

See also: déviant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French déviant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.vi.ənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

deviant (comparative more deviant, superlative most deviant)

1. Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

   At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.

Translations

of or pertaining to a deviation

• Bulgarian: отклоняващ се (otklonjavašt se)
• Czech: deviantní, úchylný (cs) m
• Dutch: afwijkend (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi)
• French: déviant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: abweichend (de), abnormal (de), pervers (de)
• Italian: anormale (it) m, deviante m
• Lakota: šikšíl
• Romanian: deviant, deviator (ro) m or n
• Swedish: avvikande (sv)

Noun

deviant (plural deviants)

1. A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

   He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.

2. A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

   As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.

Synonyms

• (person who deviates): heteroclite, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick
• (thing that deviates): abnormality, irregularity, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Translations

person who deviates

• Czech: deviant (cs) m
• Dutch: afwijkeling m, afvallige (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: déviant (fr) m
• German: Abweichler (de) m, Abnormaler m, Perverser m
• Italian: pervertito (it), anormale (it) m

thing that deviates

• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
• Dutch: afwijkeling m
• Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Perversität (de) f
• Italian: inusuale (it) m, anormale (it) m, insolito (it) m, atipico (it) m

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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} deviat
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

Not to be confused with defiant.

References

• Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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German

Etymology

From Latin devians.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈvi̯ant]
• Hyphenation: de‧vi‧ant

Adjective

deviant (comparative devianter, superlative am deviantesten)

1. (sociology, psychology) deviant

Further reading

• “deviant” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēviant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēviō