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deviance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aberrance, aberrancy, aberration |
| Type of | abnormalcy, abnormality |
| Has types | chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality, deflection, warp, chromosomal aberration |
| Derivation | deviant, deviate |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deviation |
| Type of | irregularity, abnormality |
| Derivation | deviant, deviate |
Examples of deviance
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Primary deviance is any general deviance before the deviant is labeled as such.
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Workplace deviance is a phenomenon which occurs frequently within an organization.
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One must remember that even the value-laden concept of progress requires deviance.
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Praveen Attri claims genetic reasons to be largely responsible for social deviance.
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The only deviance lies in abandoning one or more of its culturally prescribed goals.
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Then it was held that deviance was caused by the depraved nature of man, not society.
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A student who misses a class is not granted a deviance from the schedule.
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Not a nanosecond of loneliness or feeling of deviance for being alone.
From the guardian.co.uk
Identify program deviance from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.
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- Aberrance: a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- Deviation: deviate behavior
- Deviance in a sociological context describes actions or behaviours that violate cultural norms including formally-enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). ...
- In statistics, deviance is a quality of fit statistic for a model that is often used for statistical hypothesis testing.
- (Deviant (album)) Deviant is an album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter, released in 2000. It was a follow up to the commercially successful album www.pitchshifter.com, but was seen by the record label as a disappointment. ...
- (Deviant (comics)) The Deviants are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics' universe. They are an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth instigated by the alien Celestials, and wage war against their counterparts, the Eternals. ...
- (Deviant (Regurgitate album)) Deviant is the third album by Swedish goregrind band Regurgitate, released in 2003 by Relapse Records. It was released in Japan on May 2, 2003.
- Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as law and the discouragement from public nose-picking; A person or thing that differs from the expected
- (Deviant) a member of an evolutionary off-shoot of humanity created through experiments performed by the alien Celestials, possessing no standard genetic physical characteristics other than a basically humanoid form. Deviants tend to look monstrous.
