deviancy
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈdiːviənsi/
:
desviación
- The rise in crime rates has led to increased discussions about the factors contributing to deviancy in urban areas.
- social deviancy
Examples
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In the early 1990s, his powerful essay "Defining Deviancy Down" recounted the subject from the perspective of the social breakdown gripping New York under the hapless mayoralty of David Dinkins.
Academic text (2010) -
Friends who deviated into deviancy in their younger years are chronically unemployed.
Blog text (10) -
- The mainstreaming of deviancy must come to an end.
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By the 1880s, the cigarette served as a sign of social deviancy and insanity in popular culture.
Academic text (1993) -
At that time, the cigarette was associated with deviancy—cafe society, poverty, and illness—and with death.
Academic text (1993) -
In other words, moral crusades may be aimed at deviancy that does not exist, may even create that deviancy, by seeking out, apprehending, and punishing a certain category of people.
Academic text (1992) -
In addition to their substance abuse and social deviancy, drug abusers who enter TCs reveal a considerable degree of psychological disability, which is further confirmed in diagnostic studies.
Academic text (2009) -
His behavior was often viewed as a sign of deviancy from societal norms, which made people uncomfortable.
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Many studies focus on the causes of deviancy to understand how to better integrate individuals back into society.
Synonyms
25
5.6
An action that breaks a rule or expected process
25
5.3
A difference from what is usual or expected
15
3.6
Bad behavior that breaks rules or causes trouble
9
8.6
To do things on purpose that are wrong or go against what others expect
6
6.8
A state of being not accepted by society or by moral standards
4
7.9
Behavior that most people in a group do not accept
2
7.7
Not following accepted social and religious rules
1
4.7
Behavior that does not follow the usual rules of a group
1
7.5
Doing things in a new or unusual way
1
8.4
Doing things on purpose that are wrong or against what others expect
1
9.9
A state of being different from others, often in culture or identity
1
5.7
Actions that do not follow social rules or accepted ways
1
9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
An unusual way of behaving or living
Antonyms
How Deviant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deviancy comes from old Latin parts de- ('off') and via ('way' or 'road'). Think of someone stepping 'off the path' of what society expects, so deviancy means behavior that is different from the normal or accepted way.