Deviant

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Deviant Meaning and Definition in Dictionary

Definitions from Wordnet 2.0


  • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  • markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas"

Definitions from Wiktionary


  • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Deviant'


  • Deviant (comics): The Deviants are a fictional race of superhuman s in the Marvel Comics' universe . They are an offshoot of the evolutionary process that ...
  • Deviant (disambiguation): Deviant or deviants may refer to: someone engaging in deviant behavior Deviant (Pitchshifter album), 2000 Deviant (Regurgitate album), 2003 ...
  • Deviant (Pitchshifter album): Deviant is an album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter , released in 2000 . It was a follow up to the commercially ...
  • Deviant Records: Deviant Records was a London -based record label which has featured releases from artists such as Paul Van Dyk , Witchman , Humate , and ...
  • Deviant logic: Philosopher Susan Haack uses the term "deviant logic" to describe certain non-classical systems of logic . In these logics, ...
  • Deviant (Regurgitate album): Deviant is the third album by Swedish goregrind band Regurgitate , released in 2003 by Relapse Records . It was released in Japan on ...

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'Deviant' example sentence in quotations


* In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom...Make no mistake all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S. - William Seward Burroughs

* You have to be deviant if you're going to do anything new. - David Lee


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Deviant Sample Sentences in News


  • 6 Guilty of Having Deviant Islamic Material
    KUANTAN : Six followers of a deviant sect leader pleaded guilty in the Lower Syariah Court, here, yesterday for possessing materials contravening Islamic teachings. Read more... Read more on this news related to 'Deviant'
  • 'Are you into deviant sex?'
    A CNN journalist has come under fire for asking acquitted murderer Amanda Knox about her sex life.         Read more on this news related to 'Deviant'
  • Amanda Knox fires back at 'sexual deviant' claims during tense CNN interview
    Amanda Knox claims in a new interview that she's not the sex deviant that she was painted as during her epic murder trial in Italy, and blames prosecutors for spreading vicious lies about her sexuality. Read more on this news related to 'Deviant'

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