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desistance

[dih-sis-tuhns, -zis-] / dɪˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs- /














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Rather, they use the threat of certain but nonsevere punishments to encourage people to find their own paths to desistance.

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2021

The most frequently cited desistance statistic is that around 80 percent of kids who experience gender dysphoria will go on to be cisgender adults.

From The Verge Jul. 30, 2021

The idea that many trans kids will grow out of it is referred to in research as desistance.

From The Verge Jul. 30, 2021

It’s a metric inconsistent with what we know about the rocky reality of desistance.

From Washington Post May 16, 2019

Not that mental activity which is spontaneous and enjoyable does the mischief; but that which is persevered in after a hot or aching head commands desistance.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer




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