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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deviant \De"vi*ant\, a.
     1. Deviating. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. having behavior or characteristics differing from that
        which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable


        or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
  
     Syn: deviate. [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deviant
       adj : markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent
             behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: {aberrant}]
       n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
           especially in sexual behavior [syn: {pervert}, {deviate},
            {degenerate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "deviant":
     aberrant, abnormal, bent, bizarre, curious, deviate, deviating,
     different, divergent, eccentric, freaky, homosexual, idiosyncratic,
     kinky, odd, offbeat, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange,
     uncommon, unusual, weird
  
  

















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