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deviant

adj
/ˈdiː.vi.ənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English devyaunt (“deviating, different”), from Late Latin dēviāns, present participle of dēviō (“to stray, deviate or detour”). The noun is from the adjective, possibly attested in Middle English with the meaning “one who goes astray”. * (DeviantArt member): So called because the website was originally for people who modified (deviated) computer applications.

  1. derived from dēviāns
  2. inherited from devyaunt — “deviating, different”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

    • At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.

  2. A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

    • He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.

  3. A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

    • As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A member of the online art community DeviantArt.

      • While I myself have no problems as far as favoriting instead of commenting is concerned, since a lot of deviants are like this, I thought it was right to tell people how to comment correctly.
      • Our data stem from these DD’s and galleries of the corresponding deviants and were acquired directly from dA Headquarters.

    2. Alternative letter-case form of deviant (“a member of the online art community…

      Alternative letter-case form of deviant (“a member of the online art community DeviantArt”).

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Derived

deviantization, deviantize, nondeviant, phenodeviant

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deviant. 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