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Change from the norm
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deviance
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deviance may refer to: Deviance (sociology) , actions or behaviors that violate social norms Deviance (statistics) , a quality of fit statistic for a model Positive deviance Paraphilia , historically referred to as sexual deviance Bid‘ah , Islamic term ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1944; see deviant + -ance . A sociologists' word, perhaps coined because statisticians and astronomers already had claimed deviation .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance , aberrancy , aberration ] deviate behavior [syn: deviation ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As in other forms of enforcement, deviance which has taken place once is assumed capable of repetition. ▪ Examples have been widely attested of learners who exhibit correct performance on certain forms, and then lapse into deviance ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
deviance \deviance\ n. an aberrant state or condition. Syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration. deviate behavior. Syn: deviation.
Usage examples of deviance.
If anonymity increases deviant behavior, then one way to deal with that deviance would be to decrease anonymity.
So I started my own sheet of instructions that included this and all the other deviances and omissions the engineers never bothered to fix.
But fleetwide arrays logged signal deviance similar to the brownout incident, just prior to the neural event that seems to have taken out the surface elements.
In China deviance is a capital offence, I don't know about living in a country where my natural tendancies could see me end up with the traditional rememdy of a bullet in the back of the head.