different between deviant vs extraordinary

English

Etymology

From French déviant

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?di?.vi.?nt/

Adjective

deviant (comparative more deviant, superlative most deviant)

1. Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

   At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.

Translations

Noun

deviant (plural deviants)

1. A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

2. A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

Synonyms

• (person who deviates): heteroclite, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick
• (thing that deviates): abnormality, irregularity, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Translations

See also

Not to be confused with defiant.

References

• Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• nivated

German

Etymology

From Latin devians.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?vi?ant]
• Hyphenation: de?vi?ant

Adjective

deviant (comparative devianter, superlative am deviantesten)

1. (sociology, psychology) deviant

Declension

Further reading

• “deviant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

d?viant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?vi?

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
   • 1787, The New Annual Register

     […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.