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DEVIANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deviance mean? 

DEVIANCE (noun)
  The noun DEVIANCE has 2 senses:

1. a state or condition markedly different from the normplay

2. deviate behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: DEVIANCE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEVIANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state or condition markedly different from the norm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aberrance; aberrancy; aberration; deviance

Hypernyms ("deviance" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviance"):

chromosomal aberration; chromosomal anomaly; chromosonal disorder; chrosomal abnormality (any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities)

deflection; warp (a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting)

Derivation:

deviant; deviate (markedly different from an accepted norm)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Deviate behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deviance; deviation

Hypernyms ("deviance" is a kind of...):

abnormality; irregularity (behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality)

Derivation:

deviant; deviate (markedly different from an accepted norm)


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