deviance

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The study also showed that the brainstem can utilize other features of bat calls for deviance detection, such as rapid changes in frequency or volume, in addition to differences in pitch.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024

The so-called monster — a term that, handily, can denote success and size as well as deviance — has a way of doing that.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

“Because any time there is a deviance in regards to security protocols, that should be taken serious, it should be investigated,” Ms. Omar said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Indeed, the image Cawthorn was trying to construct of himself on the "Warrior Poet Society" podcast was as a teetotaling naif who cannot believe the deviance he's exposed to in the big city.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee