Deviance vs Aberration - What's the difference?
deviance | aberration |
(sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs
A person or thing that differs from the expected.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
A partial alienation of reason.
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* I. Taylor:
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
(zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
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As nouns the difference between deviance and aberration
is that deviance is actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs while aberration is the act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.deviance
English
(wikipedia deviance)Noun
(en noun)aberration
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(wikipedia aberration)Noun
(en noun)- the aberration''' of youth'', '''''aberrations''' from theory'', '''''aberration of character
- Occasional aberrations of intellect.
- Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form.