deviance
Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
Noun
- Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
- Socrates was sentenced to death for his deviance.
- A person or thing that differs from the expected.
Origin
Etymology tree Latin dē viā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dēviārebor. French dévier French -ance French déviancebor. English deviance Borrowed from French déviance.