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...
1 n, a person or an act that varies from that which is considered standard, such as a social or sexual deviate, or that which is within a statistic norm. 2 v, to vary from that which is considered standard or within a statistic norm. deviant, adj., deviation, n. deviate.