
DEVIANT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'deeveeunt
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| Matching Terms: | | deviance
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- [adj] markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas"
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| | Synonyms: | | aberrant, abnormal, degenerate, deviate, pervert |
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| | See Also: | | bugger, child molester, fetishist, lecher, masochist, miscreant, nympho, nymphomaniac, paederast, paedophile, pederast, pedophile, reprobate, sadist, sadomasochist, satyr, sod, sodomist, sodomite | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De"vi*ant\, a.
Deviating. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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