Deviant \De"vi*ant\, a.
1. Deviating. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. having behavior or characteristics differing from that
which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable
or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
Syn: deviate. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deviant
adj : markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent
behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant]
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviate,
degenerate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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