deviate
verb (used without object)
to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
deviator
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a word derived from
deviate.
Example Sentences
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In Kesey’s novel, Ratched is the embodiment of the Combine, the mechanized society that destroys those who deviate from the norm—but lo and behold, Ratched supposes Nurse Ratched herself to be a deviator.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2020
The academic painters seemed to have full control, and any deviator or nonconformist was an outsider, thus rejected.
From Time Magazine Archive
A custom or habit, for there is no difference, is a common acceptance of a certain thing by many, the deviator from which is in no wise punished.
From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick
There had been no deviation on the part of Lapierre, so the deviator must necessarily have been Savareen.
From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent
