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Deviance
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Conspicuous dissimilarity with, or variation from, customarily acceptable behavior.

Deviance implies a lack of compliance to societal norms, such as by engaging in activities that are frowned upon by society and frequently have legal sanctions as well, for example, the illegal use of drugs.



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That sort of suspicion, denunciation, and searching out of deviancy makes me think of things like the witch trials in Salem.
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Still, our assault on decorum is defining deviancy down, in the words of Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
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Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer has pointed out that alongside of the social trend of "defining deviancy down," is the movement to "define deviancy up.
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