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

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Word of the Day

13 May 2025

DAZED

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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