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Deviance may refer to:

  • Deviance (sociology), actions or behaviors that violate social norms
  • Deviancy amplification spiral, a cognitive bias (error in judgement) and a deviancy amplification term used by interactionist sociologists
  • Deviance (statistics), a quality of fit statistic for a model
  • Positive deviance, an approach to behavioral and social change
  • Sexual deviance (historical term) or paraphilia, recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical things
  • Deviance or bid'ah, innovations and deviant acts or groups from orthodox Islamic law (Sharia)

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