LekhoriLekhoriCharacterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.
From Middle English devyaunt (“deviating, different”), from Late Latin dēviāns, present participle of dēviō (“to stray, deviate or detour”). The noun is from the adjective, possibly attested in Middle...
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A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
Alternative letter-case form of deviant (“a member of the online art community DeviantArt”).