deviance

Noun

Meaning

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

deviate behavior

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Synonyms

deviation aberration deflection anomaly irregularity abnormality perversion depravity aberrancy aberrance queerness derailment anomalism preternaturalness refractivity

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Antonyms

confederation confederacy good confluence agreement honor

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Hypernyms

irregularity abnormality abnormalcy

Hyponyms

warp deflection chromosomal aberration chromosomal anomaly chromosonal disorder chrosomal abnormality

Related terms

deviation deviant

Anagrams

cevadine

Examples

Around the early 1970s many sociologists, notably Eliot Friedson, began to argue that labeling theory and social deviance could be applied to disability studies. Source: Internet

He described 5 types of deviance in terms of the acceptance or rejection of social goals and the institutionalized means of achieving them. Source: Internet

A 10 mb anomaly is a strong feature capable of bringing rain or sunshine depending on the sign of the deviance. Source: Internet

For example, normality and deviance became more of a matter of health and illness than of good and evil, and the physician took over from the priest the role of defining, promoting, and healing deviance. Source: Internet

He opposed the use of psychiatry to forcibly detain, treat, or excuse what he saw as mere deviance from societal norms or moral conduct. Source: Internet

Children with little or no communication with their own parents tended to be the victims of another child’s deviant behavior and may be involved in some deviance themselves. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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