deviant

Plural: deviants

Noun

• One who deviates from a norm or accepted standard.
• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
• A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
• A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
• A member of the online art community DeviantArt.

Adjective Satellite

• markedly different from an accepted norm
  • "deviant ideas"

Adj

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

Examples

• As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
• At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.
• He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
• He was considered a deviant by traditional players for his unusual board opening strategies.

Synonyms

aberrant, degenerate, deviate, pervert, abnormality, anomaly, heteroclite, irregularity, maverick, nonconformist, outlier

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