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deviance

/ˈdiːvɪəns/

deviance noun: actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

Noun

deviance (countable and uncountable, plural deviances)

  1. Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
    • Socrates was sentenced to death for his deviance.
  2. A person or thing that differs from the expected.

deviance meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

deviance in Tamil

விலகும் தன்மை, விலகும் நிலை

deviance in Malay

variation from expected behavior or form
devians

deviance in Indonesian

variation from expected behavior or form
penyimpangan, deviasi

Forms of deviance

pluraldeviances

Origin of deviance

Borrowed from French déviance.

Words formed from deviance

Questions about deviance

What does deviance mean?
Deviance means actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
What is deviance in Tamil?
Deviance in Tamil is விலகும் தன்மை, விலகும் நிலை. See Deviance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deviance?
Deviance is a noun.
How do you pronounce deviance?
Deviance is pronounced /ˈdiːvɪəns/.
What is the plural of deviance?
The plural of deviance is deviances.

Words near deviance in the dictionary

  1. devexity
  2. DEVGRU
  3. devi
  4. Devi Kanya Kumari
  5. deviable
  6. deviance
  7. deviances
  8. deviancies
  9. deviancy
  10. deviant
  11. deviantization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deviance (page history and authors); deviance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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