DEVIANCE

deviation, deviance

(noun) deviate behavior

aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance

(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deviance (countable and uncountable, plural deviances)

(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

A person or thing that differs from the expected.

Anagrams

• cevadine

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.

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