Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility.
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Deviations
Synonyms for "deviations" (348 found)
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diversionaberranceaberrancyaberrationabnormalityabnormityabout faceabout-faceaccommodationadaptationadjustmentallowancealterationambagesameliorationamorphismanamorphismanamorphosisanomalismanomalousness
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anomalyapostasyapproximationasymmetrybendbettermentbiasblunderbreachbreakbucklebypassbypathbywaycapriciousnesscentrifugencechangechange of heartchangeabilitychangeablenesschoppinesscirclingcircuitcircuitioncircuitousnesscircuitrycircularitycirculationcircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumbendibuscircumflexioncircumlocutioncircummigrationcircumnavigationconceitconstructive changecontinuitycontortioncontrarietycontrastconversioncornercrackpotismcrankcrankinesscrankismcrookcrookedness
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crosswisenesscrotchetcrotchetinesscurvedapplenessdecentralizationdeclinationdefectiondeflectiondeflexuredegenerationdegenerative changedeparturedeploymentderangementdeteriorationdetorsiondetourdeviancedeviancy
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deviousnessdiagonalitydifferencedifferentiationdifferentnessdigressiondisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformitydiscongruitydiscontinuitydiscordancediscrepancydiscretenessdiscursiondisorderdisparitydisproportiondissentdissimilaritydissonancedistinctiondistinctnessdistortiondivagationdivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversificationdiversitydivisiondoglegdottinessdoubledrifteccentricityepisodeerrantryerraticismerraticnesserrorexcursionexcursusfailingfanningfanning outfar cryfaultfittingflip flopflip-flopfreakinessfreakishnessgnarlgradual changegyregyringhairpinheterogeneityheteromorphismidiocrasyidiosyncrasyimbalanceimprecisionimprovementinaccordanceinaccuracyinaccuratenessincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceinconstancyincorrectness
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indirectionindirectnessinequalityinexactitudeinexactnessinferiorityinharmoniousnessinharmonyinnovationinstabilityirreconcilabilityirregularityjerkinesskinkknotlapselaxitylicenceloosenesslopsidedness
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maggotmannerismmeanderingmeliorationmercurialitymitigationmixturemodificationmodulationmonstrositymotleynessmutabilitymutationnegligencenoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformancenonconformismnonconformitynonobservancenonstandardizationnonuniformityobliquenessobliquityoddityoddsoppositionorbitorbitingoriginalityothernessoverthrowpeculiarityperversionpluralismpredictable errorprobable errorprotestqualificationqueernessquipquirkquirkinessradical changeraggednessramblingre creationre-creationrealignmentrecalcitrancerecusancerecusancyredesignreformreformationrefractorinessremakingrenewalreshapingrestructuringreversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionroundaboutroundabout wayroundaboutnessroundingscrewseparatenessseparationsheershiftshiftingside pathside roadsidetracksingularityskewskewnessslantslopespiralspiralingsplayingspreadspreadingspreading outsquintstandard deviationstrangenessstrayingsubnormalitysudden changesuperioritysweepswerveswervingswingingswitchtackteratismtolerancetorsiontortuositytotal changetransgressiontransitiontransversenesstrickturnturnaboutturningtwistunconformismunconformityunconventionalityuncorrectnessunevennessunfactualnessunlikenessunnaturalismunnaturalnessunorthodoxyunprecisenessunrigorousnessunsteadinessunsymmetryupheavalvagaryvariabilityvariancevariationvariegationvarietyvariousnessveerversatilityviolationviolent changewanderingwarpwaveringwheelingwhimwhimsicalitywhimsyworseningwrenchwrestwringyawzigzag
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This point bears so much stressing because it is of great practical importance that the reader should understand in what sense he is not to be introduced here to a brand-new language practiced by a handful of eager pioneers, but that the use of this grammar will make him a member of a sizable community of auxiliary-language advocates in all parts of the world who speak and write the same language with more or less striking deviations.
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