deviant
adj.adj. different from what most people consider normal or acceptable. It often describes behavior that breaks social rules or expectations.
adj. departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior. Often used to describe conduct that violates cultural norms or statistical averages.
The study looks at deviant behavior in schools.
Sociologists often study how certain subcultures develop deviant norms that contrast with the rest of society.
While the artist's techniques were initially dismissed as deviant and chaotic, they eventually became the foundation for a new movement in modern painting.
From Middle English devyaunt (“deviating, different”), from Late Latin dēviāns, present participle of dēviō (“to stray, deviate or detour”). The noun is from the adjective, possibly attested in Middle English with the meaning “one who goes astray”. * (DeviantArt member): So called because the website was originally for people who modified (deviated) computer applications.
Often used as an attributive adjective before a noun like 'behavior', 'conduct', or 'act'.