deviant
pronunciation
How to pronounce deviant in British English:
UK [ˈdi:viənt]
How to pronounce deviant in American English:
US [ˈdiviənt]
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- Noun:
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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- Adjective:
- markedly different from an accepted norm
Word Origin
- deviant (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Late Latin deviantem (nominative devians), present participle of deviare "turn aside," from Latin phrase de via, from de "off" (see de-) + via "way" (see via). The noun meaning "one that deviates" is from late 15c.; in the sexual sense, from 1952; also deviate (n.), recorded since 1912.
Example
- 1. To know what is deviant you have , of course , to know what is normal .
- 2. The relationship between supervisor support and employee deviant behavior ( interpersonal deviance and organizational deviance ) was not significant .
- 3. This is the problem with being a deviant .
- 4. Game model of deviant behavior control for enterprise employees under indefinite view .
- 5. They view behaviors that are globally commonplace - say , vegetarianism - as deviant .