Definition of "deviance" [deviance]

• Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as law and the discouragement from public nose-picking. (noun)
• A person or thing that differs from the expected. (noun)

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• "Would that mean proportionality could only be achieved if 15% of the PCs were woman and 5% of those from that particular belief group (perhaps with a margin of acceptable deviance from the mean/median/mode – which average are we using by the way?)"
• "And we have yet to learn the full scope of that deviance from the constitution and the founders express desire to have divided government and shared power amongst 3 branches."
• "We cannot imagine a difference in which all deviance is equally valued."