deviant

Definitions

1. adjective

   Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

   Example

   • At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.
   ≈deviate
2. noun

   A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

   Example

   • He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
   ≈heteroclite
3. noun

   A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

   Example

   • As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
   ≈abnormality
4. noun

   A member of the online art community DeviantArt.

   Examples

   • While I myself have no problems as far as favoriting instead of commenting is concerned, since a lot of deviants are like this, I thought it was right to tell people how to comment correctly.
   • Our data stem from these DD’s and galleries of the corresponding deviants and were acquired directly from dA Headquarters.