deviants

noun

plural of deviant
as in bohemians
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs branded as social deviants by a society that did not value self-expression

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Recent Examples of deviants Cool people aren't merely deviants. — Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviants
  1. mavericks
  2. freaks
  3. eccentrics
  4. nonconformists
  5. heretics
Noun
  • Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The confluence at Black Mountain of émigré artists like Josef and Anni Albers with homegrown mavericks like John Cage and Buckminster Fuller (who constructed his first geodesic dome there) marked an early flowering of this mode of learning, which was still in fine health decades later.
    — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of mavericks
Noun
  • The 17th year of Mosswood Meltdown at Oakland’s Mosswood Park brought with it a parade of free-thinking freaks on stage and in the crowd that descended on a punker’s picnic paradise for its annual outing of 20 bands over three days last weekend.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • The crowd is packed not only with devoted fans and freaks, but fellow musicians who also emerged from the punk rock underground decades earlier.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026
Definition of freaks
Noun
  • Dippold has populated the show with lovable eccentrics played by great character actors—Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller, Tim Baltz.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of eccentrics
Noun
  • At least Guillén still speaks his mind on the Sox’s pre- and postgame shows, so maybe there’s hope for nonconformists after all.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of nonconformists
Noun
  • As Democratic heretics go, Representative Dan Goldman isn’t guilty of many crimes against his party.
    — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • Those who don’t cling to the faith are heretics.
    — Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of heretics

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