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aberrant
Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
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  1. Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
  2. Deviating from what is normal or typical
  3. Deviating from what is considered proper or normal:
atypical
Unusual or irregular.
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  1. Unusual or irregular.
  2. Not conforming to the normal type.
  3. Not typical; not characteristic; abnormal
abnormal
Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
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  1. Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
  2. Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
perverted
Misinterpreted; distorted
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  1. Misinterpreted; distorted
  2. Deviating from what is considered right, good, or true; misdirected, corrupted, etc.
  3. Of or practicing sexual perversion
aberrant
Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
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  1. Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
  2. Deviating from what is normal or typical
  3. Deviating from what is considered proper or normal:
abnormal
Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
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  1. Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
  2. Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
anomalistic
Tending to be anomalous
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  1. Tending to be anomalous
  2. (Astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
  3. Irregular
anomalous
Being or seeming to be inconsistent, contradictory, or improper
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  1. Being or seeming to be inconsistent, contradictory, or improper
  2. Deviating from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormal
  3. Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
atypic
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type
atypical
Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.
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  1. Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.
  2. Not typical; not characteristic; abnormal
  3. Unusual or irregular.
divergent
Causing divergence
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  1. Causing divergence
  2. Varying from one another or from a norm; deviating; different
  3. Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.
irregular
Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration:
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  1. Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration:
  2. (Grammar) Departing from the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation, as the present forms of the verb be or the plural noun children.
  3. Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical:
preternatural
Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
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  1. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
  2. Differing from or beyond what is normally found in or expected from nature; abnormal
  3. Surpassing what is normal or usual; extraordinary:
unnatural
Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
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  1. Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
  2. Characterized by a lack of the emotions, attitudes, or behavior regarded as natural, normal, or right
  3. Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
deviate
A deviant.
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  1. A deviant.
  2. A deviant; esp., one whose sexual behavior is deviant
pervert
One who practices sexual perversion.
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  1. One who practices sexual perversion.
  2. A perverted person; esp., a person who practices sexual perversion
Find another word for deviant. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for deviant, like: aberrant, atypical, abnormal, perverted, different, unusual, wicked, wrong, aberrant, abnormal and anomalistic.

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  • She backed away from his door, wondering how that deviant thought emerged.

  • While I had no direct evidence the attendees were all registered sex offenders, the way they nodded and agreed at the mention of deviant sexual behavior made me feel I might be unique among like penitents.

  • (Naundorff)1834-1838(2 vols., 1904); Plaidoirie de Jules Favre deviant la cour d'appel de Paris pour les heritiers de feu CharlesGuillaunae Naundorff (1874); H.

  • Boot camps and wilderness programs help troubled teens in different ways so depending on your teenager's issues, one may be more effective than the other is in changing deviant behavior.

  • There are different reasons for this, including the need to keep company with people who can supply this drug as well as a subconscious psychological need to somehow make the deviant behavior acceptable by peers.

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