deviance
Straying from standard
Deviance is departure from accepted norms or standards.
In sociology, it describes behavior that violates social expectations—anything from minor eccentricity to serious crime.
The term often carries judgment: sexual deviance, criminal deviance.
What counts as deviant shifts with time and culture; yesterday's deviance may become today's norm.
Rejection of prevailing norms
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- ostracismBanishment from a group
marginalization · labeling · outsider · outcast · pariah · antisocial · delinquency · misconduct
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- fetishismFixation on specific objects
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- kinkTight twisted spot
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
promiscuity · transgression · aberration · unconventional · forbidden · stigmatized · pathologized · normalization
Deviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
oddity · exception · variance · divergence · departure · discrepancy · fluctuation · inconsistency
Distant data point
- varianceSpread around the mean
- z-scoreStandardized deviation measure
- residualsOngoing compensation for rebroadcasts
- regressionReturn to former state
normal distribution · bell curve · chi-square · p-value · degrees of freedom · dispersion · variability · skewness
Criminal or neglectful behavior
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- lawbreakingCommitting illegal acts
- misconductImproper professional behavior
wrongdoing · infraction · violation · recidivism · antisocial behavior · juvenile delinquency · white-collar crime · criminality
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
insurgency · radicalism · counterculture · protest · activism · sedition · insubordination · mutiny
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
ostracism · marginalization · labeling · outsider · outcast · pariah · antisocial · delinquency · misconduct · misbehavior
paraphilia
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- fetishismFixation on specific objects
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- kinkTight twisted spot
taboo · promiscuity · transgression · aberration · unconventional · forbidden · stigmatized · pathologized · normalization · subculture
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
peculiarity · oddity · exception · variance · divergence · departure · discrepancy · fluctuation · inconsistency · atypicality
outlier
Distant data point
- varianceSpread around the mean
- z-scoreStandardized deviation measure
- residualsOngoing compensation for rebroadcasts
regression · normal distribution · bell curve · chi-square · p-value · degrees of freedom · dispersion · variability · skewness
delinquency
Criminal or neglectful behavior
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- lawbreakingCommitting illegal acts
misconduct · wrongdoing · infraction · violation · recidivism · antisocial behavior · juvenile delinquency · white-collar crime · criminality · perpetrator
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
disobedience · insurgency · radicalism · counterculture · protest · activism · sedition · insubordination · mutiny · revolt
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- Anomaliesanomaly, aberration, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- social behaviorcourtesy, etiquette, friendship, greeting, cooperation
devianceconformity
Adherence to norms
compliance · obedience · conventionality · normalcy · normality
deviancenormalcy
State of being typical
normality · typicality · averageness · ordinariness · commonality
deviancerespectability
Moral and social worthiness
acceptance · legitimacy · conventionalism · social integration · belonging
- sexual devianceAtypical erotic interests
- deviant behaviorNorm-violating actions
- sexual deviantOne with taboo desires