Associations to the word «Deviant»

Wiktionary

DEVIANT, adjective. Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
DEVIANT, noun. A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
DEVIANT, noun. A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

Dictionary definition

DEVIANT, noun. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
DEVIANT, adjective. Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope