deviance

noun
/ˈdiːvɪəns/

Etymology

Borrowed from French déviance.

  1. borrowed from déviance

Definitions

  1. Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and…

    Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

    • Socrates was sentenced to death for his deviance.
  2. A person or thing that differs from the expected.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deviance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA