Deviant

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  1. deviance
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
    Deviance can be described as a violation of these norms.
  2. contextual
    relating to the set of facts surrounding a situation
    They are, in other words, contextual.
  3. deviant
    a person whose behavior does not conform to social norms
    For example, a deviant act can be committed in one society or culture that breaks a social norm there, but may be considered normal for another culture and society.
  4. emergent
    coming into existence
    Norms are rules of conduct, not neutral or universal, but ever changing; shifting as society shifts; mutable, emergent, loose, reflective of inherent biases and interests, and highly selfish and one-sided.
  5. mutable
    capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
    Norms are rules of conduct, not neutral or universal, but ever changing; shifting as society shifts; mutable, emergent, loose, reflective of inherent biases and interests, and highly selfish and one-sided.
  6. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
    Norms are the specific behavioral standards, ways in which people are supposed to act, paradigms for predictable behavior in society.
  7. paradoxically
    in a paradoxical manner
    They are not necessarily moral, or even grounded in morality; in fact, they are just as often pragmatic and, paradoxically, irrational.
  8. sociologist
    a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
    Viewing deviance as a violation of social norms, sociologists have characterized it as "any thought, feeling or action that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or rules";[1] "violation of the norms of a society or group";[2] "conduct that violates definitions of appropriate and inappropriate conduct shared by the members of a social system";[3] "the departure of certain types of behavior from the norms of a particular society at a particular time";[4] and...
  9. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
    They are not necessarily moral, or even grounded in morality; in fact, they are just as often pragmatic and, paradoxically, irrational.
Created on Thu Sep 15 21:49:41 EDT 2011

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