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DEVIANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Synonyms:
degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deviant" is a kind of...):
miscreant; reprobate (a person without moral scruples)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviant"):
fetishist (one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature))
masochist (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)
nympho; nymphomaniac (a woman with abnormal sexual desires)
child molester; paederast; pederast (a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner)
paedophile; pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)
sadist (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others)
sadomasochist (someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism)
lech; lecher; letch; satyr (man with strong sexual desires)
bugger; sod; sodomist; sodomite (someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male))
Derivation:
deviant (markedly different from an accepted norm)
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Markedly different from an accepted norm
Example:
deviant ideas
Synonyms:
aberrant; deviant; deviate
Classified under:
Similar:
abnormal; unnatural (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)
Derivation:
deviance (deviate behavior)
deviance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
deviant (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
