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DEVIANT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'deeveeunt

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  2. [adj]  markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas"
 
 Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, degenerate, deviate, pervert
 
 See Also: bugger, child molester, fetishist, lecher, masochist, miscreant, nympho, nymphomaniac, paederast, paedophile, pederast, pedophile, reprobate, sadist, sadomasochist, satyr, sod, sodomist, sodomite

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De"vi*ant\, a.
Deviating. [Obs.]
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: aberrant, abnormal, bent, bizarre, curious, deviate, deviating, different, divergent, eccentric, freaky, homosexual, idiosyncratic, kinky, odd, offbeat, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange, uncommon, unusual, weird
 

 

 

 

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