déviant - definition and meaning

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Etymologies

Middle English deviaunt, from Late Latin dēviāns, dēviant-, present participle of dēviāre, to deviate; see deviate.

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synonyms

Words with the same meaning
- deviate
- deviating
equivalents

Other words for ‘déviant’
- unnatural
- abnormal
hypernyms

Words that are more generic or abstract
- reprobate
- miscreant
hyponyms

Words that are more specific
- sod
- bugger
- satyr
- letch
- lech
- lecher
- sodomite
- nymphomaniac
- pederast
- nympho
- pedophile
- fetishist
- sadomasochist
- sadist
- sodomist
- paedophile
- paederast
- masochist
- child molester
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Words that are found in similar contexts
- queer
- strange
- rational
- criminal
- peculiar
- irrational
- emergent
- sexual
- divergent
- aberrant
- sinful
- antisocial
- regressive
- selfish
- homosexual
- discriminatory
- compulsive
- normative
- reprehensible
- subversive
- heterosexual
- disruptive
- psychopathic
- hyperactive
- heretical
- self-destructive
- uninhibited
- dysfunctional
- altruistic
- maladaptive
- sadistic
- sociopathic
- animalistic
- tantric
- self-defeating
- sadomasochistic
- fetishistic
- oppositional
- anti-social
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