deviant
41deviant causal chain — A notion used to test and refine causal theories of perception, action, meaning, and memory. Suppose it is suggested that for me to remember an event it is enough (a) that I witnessed it, and (b) that this was the original cause of my present… …
42deviant — abweichend * * * de|vi|ạnt <Adj.> [zu lat. devians (Gen.: deviantis), 1. Part. von: deviare = vom Wege abgehen] (Soziol.): von der Norm sozialen Verhaltens, vom Üblichen abweichend: ein es Verhalten. * * * de|vi|ạnt <Adj.> [zu lat.… …
43deviant — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, bent, bizarre, curious, deviate, deviating, different, divergent, eccentric, freaky, homosexual, idiosyncratic, kinky, odd, offbeat, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange, uncommon, unusual,… …
44deviant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverted, aberrant. n. pervert; sodomite, pederast, etc. See unconformity, impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. aberrant, atypical, abnormal, perverted; see different 1 , unusual 2 , wicked 1 ,… …
45deviant — de|vi|ạnt 〈[ vi ] Adj.; Soziol.〉 von der Norm abweichend [Etym.: <lat. devians, Part. Präs. von deviare »abweichen«] …
46deviant — de|vi|ant [...v...] <aus lat. devians, Gen. deviantis, Part. Präs. von deviare »(vom Weg) abweichen«; vgl. ↑deviieren> von der Norm sozialen Verhaltens, vom Üblichen abweichend (Soziol.) …
47deviant — n. someone or something that deviates from the norm …
48deviant — adj 1. aberrant, deviate, divergent. See deviate(defs.5 7). n 2. noncomformist, deviator, radical. See deviate(defs.8 10) …
49deviant — de·vi·ant …
50deviant — de•vi•ant [[t]ˈdi vi ənt[/t]] adj. 1) deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation 2) a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < LL …
