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Definition: Deviant |
DeviantAdjective1. Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; deviant ideas". Noun1. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deviant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
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Education | Others use the term "exceptional" when they refer to any -- or deviant child. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: DeviantSynonyms: aberrant (adj), degenerate (n), deviate (n), pervert (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Deviant |
| English words defined with "deviant": aberrant ♦ perversely. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "deviant": erwarte Anfluggenehmigung um, exceptional children. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Deviant" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Czech (deviant). |
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Screenplays | She broke your heart and inadvertently drove men to deviant lifestyles (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) I'm Jane, social deviant. (One World; writing credit: Carl-Christian Demke) Well Sinead O'Rebellion, shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) Taking care of crazies like you. Making sure you don't go and hurt yourselves with your deviant powers (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez) | |
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 | Blither; blithering; idiot; idiotic; incomprehensible; insane; institutionalized; crazy; crazed; out of your mind; out of his mind; out of my mind; mentally ill; aberrant; bewildered; confused; crazed; delirious; demented; deranged; deviant; deviate; ding. |
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Civil Liberties | Malaysia | The Government continues to monitor the activities of the Shi'a minority, including those of 55 religious groups believed to be involved in deviant Islamic teachings. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | But this is exactly the kind of thing the Left calls censorship whenever a museum decides not to air poop art or run a TV show featuring some deviant content. |
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| "Deviant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.76% of the time. "Deviant" is used about 288 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.76% | 247 | 18,964 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.24% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Total | 100.00% | 288 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "deviant": non-deviant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "deviant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | المنحرف (oblique). (various references) | |
Chinese | 异常 (Anomalous, Bizarre, Eccentric, Eccentrical, unusual). (various references) | |
Czech | deviant, úchylný (perverse), abnormální (abnormal, unnatural). (various references) | |
Danish | afvigende adfaerd (abnormal behaviour, deviant behaviour). (various references) | |
Dutch | afwijkend gedrag (abnormal behaviour, deviance, deviant behaviour, deviation, malfunction, non-conformance). (various references) | |
Farsi | منحرف (Aberrant, Amiss, Astray, Awry, Devious, Hellbent, Lost, Oblique, Perverse, Pervert, Skew). (various references) | |
Finnish | poikkeava (divergent). (various references) | |
French | dissidence (deflection, deviation), déviant (deviating), perverti (depraved, deviate), anormal. (various references) | |
German | Abweichung (aberration, deviation, divergence, excursion, abnormality, variance). (various references) | |
Greek | έκφυλος (degenerate, dissolute), έκτροπος, παρεκκλίνων (aberrant), αποκλίνων (divergent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סוטה (aberrant, divergent, perverse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | deviáns, normáktól eltérő. (various references) | |
Indonesian | orang yang menyimpang. (various references) | |
Italian | deviante, aberrazione (aberration). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eviantday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | depravado (depraved). (various references) | |
Russian | ненормальный (anomalous). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | devijantan, izopačen (corrupted, garbled, perverse, perverted, reprobate). (various references) | |
Spanish | desvio (aberrances, aberration, deflection, detour, deviation, variation), desviado (aberrated, awry, deflected, detour, devious, remote, turned), pervertido (pervert). (various references) | |
Swedish | avvikare, avvikande (discrepant, divergent, irregular, perverse, variant). (various references) | |
Thai | แตกต่างจากปกติ. (various references) | |
Turkish | normaldan sapan. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deviant": deviants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deviant": nondeviant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "deviant": nondeviants. (additional references) | |
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"Deviant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: devenant, Devenay, devent, devenu, devia, deviat, Devienne, devient, Devoran, devorando, diviana, Diviani, Edyvean. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deviant" (pronounced dē"vēunt) |
| 5 | -v ē u n t | subservient. |
| 4 | -ē u n t | ambient, affiant, defoliant, disobedient, expedient, incipient, ingredient, invariant, lenient, luxuriant, miscreant, nutrient, obedient, percipient, prescient, prurient, radiant, recipient, salient, variant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: advent, dative, detain, invade, native. | |
-2 letters: anted, daven, davit, divan, entia, naevi, naive, teind, tenia, tinea, tined, vaned, viand, vined, vitae. | |
-3 letters: adit, aide, ante, anti, avid, date, dean, deni, dent, deva, diet, dine, dint, dita, dite, diva, dive, edit, etna, idea, nave, neat, nevi, nide, nite, tain, tend, tide, tied, tine, vain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: deviants, divalent, donative, vanitied. | |
+2 letters: advecting, advection, adventive, adverting, deviating, deviation, donatives, innovated, invocated, navigated, negatived, vindicate. | |
+3 letters: adjunctive, advections, adventitia, adventives, advisement, animadvert, denotative, derivation, detonative, deviations, devotional, dominative, drivetrain, evidential, galivanted, incurvated, indicative, indurative, innervated, invalidate, nondeviant, vacationed, vaccinated, ventilated, vindicated, vindicates. | |
+4 letters: adventitial, adventitias, adventuring, adventurism, adventurist, advertising, advertizing, advisements, animadverts, delineative, denervating, denervation, denigrative, depravation, deprivation, derivations, designative, devaluating, devaluation, devastating, devastation, devotionals, dovetailing, drivetrains, evidentiary, gallivanted, inactivated, inadvertent, indicatives, individuate, interleaved, interweaved, invaginated, invalidated, invalidates, invigilated, invigorated, maidservant, nonadaptive, nonadditive, nondeviants, overtrading, overtrained, underactive, undeviating, unmotivated, vaginitides, valediction, vaticinated, veratridine, videotaping, vindicative, vineyardist. | |
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