deviance
[ dee-vee-uh ns ]
/ ˈdi vi əns /
noun
deviant quality or state.
deviant behavior.
Also
de·vi·an·cy.
Words nearby deviance
deverbative,
devereux,
devers,
devest,
devi,
deviance,
deviant,
deviate,
deviation,
deviationism,
devic's disease
British Dictionary definitions for deviancy
deviance
/ (ˈdiːvɪəns) /
noun
Also called: deviancy
the act or state of being deviant
statistics
a measure of the degree of fit of a statistical model compared to that of a more complete model