deviant

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

de=vi=ant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun deviant has 1 sense

deviant(n = noun.person) degenerate, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; Array

has particulars: fetishist, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, child molester, paederast, pederast, paedophile, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, lech, lecher, letch, satyr, bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite

is a kind of miscreant, reprobate

Derived forms adjective deviant₁, verb deviate₂

Adjective deviant has 1 sense

deviant(s = adj.all) aberrant, deviate - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

Derived forms noun deviance₂, noun deviance₁, noun deviant₁, verb deviate₂

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

deviant, adj. & n.
--adj. that deviates from the normal, esp. with reference to sexual practices.
--n. a deviant person or thing.

Derivative

deviance n. deviancy n.

Etymology

ME (as DEVIATE)

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THESAURUS

deviant

aberrant, abnormal, bent, bizarre, curious, deviate, deviating, different, divergent, eccentric, freaky, homosexual, idiosyncratic, kinky, odd, offbeat, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange, uncommon, unusual, weird

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