noun
deviant
CEFR C2
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
In a sentence
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Early sociologists labeled anyone outside the neighborhood's narrow customs a deviant, then studied the label instead of the conduct.
Psychology
Victorian pamphlets branded the vegetarian reformer a deviant simply for refusing the roast at every respectable dinner table.
History
The narrator is treated as a deviant by the village because he reads at noon while everyone else harvests.
Literature
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