Deviant (other)
Deviant most commonly refers to deviant behavior, particularly in relation to social norms. Deviant may also refer to: * Deviant (comics), a fictional race of humanoids in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Deviant'' (film), a short film by Benjamin Howard * Deviant logic, a class of non-classical logics * "Deviant" (''CSI: Miami'' episode) * A member of the DeviantArt online community Music * Deviant Records, an inactive trance music record label * ''Deviant'' (Pitchshifter album), 2000 * ''Deviant'' (Regurgitate album), 2003 See also * The Deviants (other) * Deviance (other) * Deviation (other) Deviation may refer to: Mathematics and engineering * Allowance (engineering), an engineering and machining allowance is a planned deviation between an actual dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension, or between an intermediate-stage dim ...

Deviance (sociology)
Deviance or the sociology of deviance explores the actions and/or behaviors that violate social norms across formally enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). Although deviance may have a negative connotation, the violation of social norms is not always a negative action; positive deviation exists in some situations. Although a norm is violated, a behavior can still be classified as positive or acceptable. Social norms differ throughout society and between cultures. A certa