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Deviance vs Deviancy - What's the difference?

deviance | deviancy |

As nouns the difference between deviance and deviancy

is that deviance is actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs while deviancy is the state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous.

deviance

English

(wikipedia deviance)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Related terms

    * deviant * deviation

    deviancy

    English

    Noun

    (deviancies)
  • the state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous