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.
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Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviants
Noun
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Garcia, who plays cartel boss Gallino in the second season of the Paramount+ show, praised Sheridan as one of Hollywood's true mavericks.—
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Most of our mavericks who fly that close to the sun never get to see that journey through.—
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Not as freaks to be studied from afar, mimicked, and exploited for other people’s creative whims or amusement, but as complex and whole parts of the world worth exploring and celebrating.—
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The other 19% constitute freaks at the far end, who read 10 or more tomes.—
Noun
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The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—
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Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.—
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Among those applauding at the end was Carmen Chaplin, one of the director’s granddaughters, and even heretics, whose faith in Chaplin is fickle, will have been swept along.—
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“Deviants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviants. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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