deviant vs deviate :

deviant or deviate

The technical term used by professionals to label someone whose behavior deviates from the norm is “deviate,” but if you want to tease a perv friend you may as well call him a “deviant”—that’s what almost everybody else says. In your sociology class, however, you might want to stick with “deviate.”

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Definitions
  deviant
  • n  a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  • s  markedly different from an accepted norm
    deviant ideas
  deviate
  • n  a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  • v  turn aside; turn away from
  • v  be at variance with; be out of line with
  • v  cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
    The river was deviated to prevent flooding
  • s  markedly different from an accepted norm
News & Articles
  deviant
  • Kazakhstan Reiterates American Adoption Ban
    Americans are still forbidden from adopting Kazakh children, an official in Astana has said. The ban will continue until Kazakhstan receives a satisfactory explanation from US authorities about the circumstances in which two orphans from the Central Asian state were found in a home for troubled kids last year. The two children were found on a ranch housing children with “deviant behavior” in ...
    June 12, 2013 - EurasiaNet
  • Kazakhstan Reiterates American Adoption Ban
    Americans are still forbidden from adopting Kazakh children, an official in Astana has said. The ban will continue until Kazakhstan receives a satisfactory explanation from US authorities about the circumstances in which two orphans from the Central Asian state were found in a home for troubled kids last year. The two children were found on a ranch housing children with “deviant behavior” in ...
    June 12, 2013 - EurasiaNet
  • Theory Watch: Cronuts Are A Texas Creation
    Cronut, the deviant croissant-donut hybrid whose novelty first swept New York and now the nation , has reach its insanity saturation point. [ more › ]
    June 10, 2013 - Austinist
  deviate
  • May 19, 2013 Marvin Mordes Country: United States
    I can not wait to awaken-open my computer-and read artdairy.org.The quality and comprehensive art coverage is stupendous. Please do not deviate from your successful menu and let more collectors like myself be aware of your "tour de force".
    June 19, 2013 - Art Daily
  • Former 'Walking Dead' Showrunner Defends Major Character's Season Three Death
    The creative minds behind "The Walking Dead" have shown time and again that they're happy to deviate from the comic book source material, especially where prominent deaths are concerned. Shane stuck around longer on the show, Dale had a much earlier exit … and yet another fan-favorite character from the comics bit the dust much [...]
    June 18, 2013 - MTV
  • Student charged with attempted sex assault at Pocono Mountain West
    A Pocono Mountain West student has been charged with attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in connection with an incident at the school on June 10.
    June 18, 2013 - Pocono Record