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Deviance

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n. Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as law and the discouragement from public nose-picking.

n. A person or thing that differs from the expected.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. an aberrant state or condition.

n. deviate behavior.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a state or condition markedly different from the norm

n. deviate behavior

Word Usage

"And we have yet to learn the full scope of that deviance from the constitution and the founders express desire to have divided government and shared power amongst 3 branches."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

abnormality irregularity

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

aberrance aberrancy aberration

Same Context

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