"deviance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiːvɪəns/ Forms: deviances [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French déviance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|déviance}} French déviance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deviance (countable and uncountable, plural deviances)
  1. (sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-deviance-en-noun-8ASYHHHw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  2. A person or thing that differs from the expected. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (person or thing that differs from the expected): buitenbeentje (Dutch), oryginał [masculine] (Polish) Translations (variation from expected behavior or form): deviace [feminine] (Czech), afwijking (Dutch), poikkeavuus (Finnish), déviance [feminine] (French), deviancia (Hungarian), penyimpangan (Indonesian), deviasi (Indonesian), devians (Malay), dewiacja [feminine] (Polish), avvikelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deviance-en-noun-8f8FzICR Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'person or thing that differs from the expected': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'variation from expected behavior or form': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phenodeviance Related terms: deviant, deviation

Inflected forms

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