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Deviance vs Obedience - What's the difference?

deviance | obedience |

As nouns the difference between deviance and obedience

is that deviance is actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs while obedience is the quality of being obedient.

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

    obedience

    English

    (wikipedia obedience)

    Alternative forms

    * , (l) (qualifier)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being obedient.
    • Obedience is essential in any army.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
    • Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...

    Related terms

    * obey * obedient

    Synonyms

    * submission

    Antonyms

    * disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring ) * violation (ignoring, especially rules ) * control, dominance (ruling )

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