Noun: deviance dee-vee-un(t)s
- A state or condition markedly different from the norm
"The deviance of the experimental results puzzled the scientists";
- aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviancy
- Deviate behaviour
"The sociologist studied patterns of deviance in urban youth cultures";
- deviation, deviancy
Sounds like: deserts, dessertse, deviant
Derived forms: deviances
Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, irregularity
Encyclopedia: Deviance