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