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deviationism

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de⋅vi⋅a⋅tion⋅ism

  [dee-vee-ey-shuh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
1. (in Communist ideology) departure from accepted party policies or practices.
2. any deviation from official policy.
Origin:
1935–40; deviation + -ism

Related forms:
de⋅vi⋅a⋅tion⋅ist, noun
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de·vi·a·tion   (dē'vē-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of deviating or turning aside.

  2. An abnormality; a departure: "Vice was a deviation from our nature" (Henry Fielding).

  3. Deviant behavior or attitudes.

  4. Divergence from an accepted political policy or party line.

  5. Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.

  6. Statistics The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set and the mean of the set.

de'vi·a'tion·ism n., de'vi·a'tion·ist adj. & n.
Synonyms: These nouns mean a departure from what is prescribed or expected: tolerates no deviation from the rules; regretted the aberrations of my adolescence; the divergence of two cultures.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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