The phrase "a deviant path" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a course of action or behavior that diverges from the norm or expected standards.
Example: "Choosing to pursue a deviant path in his career led him to discover unique opportunities that others overlooked."
Alternatives: "an unconventional route" or "a divergent course".
A dissident senior cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once in line to succeed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, released a letter on his Web site that struck at the moral and religious credentials of the leadership, saying it had chosen a "deviant path".
CAIRO — On Wednesday, aides to Iran's president lashed out publicly at two former presidents, the nation's most influential dissident cleric said government officials had taken a "deviant path" and a government-aligned Web site reported that the Tehran prosecutor had been fired.
The deviant paths of sound waves (in echoes) is responsible for the perceptual difficulty in locating sounds, much as the deviant path of light rays (in mirrors) is responsible for the analogous difficulty for visible objects (Casati and Dokic 1994. See also O'Callaghan 2007 for a lengthy discussion of echoes).
In her bluejeans and lacy top, and large gold crosses adorning her ears, with a ready smile and calm demeanor, Addison did not look like the person who earlier in the week had warned listeners of the "demonic" and "evil" threat facing marriage and of the deviant path that marriage could take if homosexuals, as she refers to gays, were allowed to wed.
Of course, theirs is a deviant world view.
In the second solution path, four countries were investigated: Italy, the Slovak Republic, Korea and Portugal (as a deviant case).
A deviant is a deviant regardless of nationality.
Yes, you are definitely a deviant.
But homosexuality is considered a deviant act".
