A neurotic person is someone who has learned to cope with the world in a certain way. They carry with them strategies as adults that were useful in dealing with their parents, or other significant people in their early years.
Define deviant. deviant synonyms, deviant pronunciation, deviant translation, English dictionary definition of deviant. adj. Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society. n. One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes...
decant (third-person singular simple present decants, present participle decanting, simple past and past participle decanted) ( 1 transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment. ( 2 transitive) To pour from one vessel into another. to decant wine. ( 3 archaic, intransitive) To flow.