deviant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. de·vi·ant [deviant deviants] BrE [ˈdiːviənt] NAmE [ˈdiːviənt] adjective
different from what most people consider to be normal and acceptable
•deviant behaviour/sexuality
Derived Words: ↑deviance ▪ ↑deviancy

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin deviant- ‘turning out of the way’, from the verb deviare, from de- ‘away from’ + via ‘way’.

Example Bank:
•In the case of sex crimes newspapers typically focus on the criminal and deviant character of the accused.
•Not all deviant behaviour is criminal.
•Self-assertive behaviour was labelled as dangerous, anti-social and deviant.
•Such practices were regarded as sexually deviant.
•The author discusses the images of deviant women in folklore and myth.


Example Bank:
•social/sexual deviants
 
▪ II. de·vi·ant noun
•sexual deviants
Main entry: ↑deviant_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aberrant, deviate, pervert, degenerate