In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
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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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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