deviant
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Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
"The only way I could describe it is it was just deviant," she tells us - using that word without any knowledge of the GSK research which had established a link with such behaviour.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
Dio, meanwhile, balked at the participation of both noble and enslaved gladiatrices in Emperor Nero’s deviant games.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
That gave people an excuse to start pulling the masks down and indulging in the deviant behaviors often celebrated by drill rappers.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
But the child who, during its early years, lives in an environment where it feels secure, loved, and accepted is not likely to become a deviant.
From Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents by O. C. (Oswald Chettle) Mazengarb
The aberrant child vampire highlights inequality, a deviant even among deviants.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
From 1956 to 1965, a legislative committee led by state Sen. Charley Johns scoured Florida campuses looking for what he saw as deviants and promoters of racial integration.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
He had grown up in India but was studying sociology in London and had been awarded a grant to research political "deviants".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
Do you really expect teachers and other school workers to keep their eyes simultaneously trained on COVID-19 deviants and TikTok deviants?
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
I can understand why things are so strict here, because it is the best school around for the rich deviants of tomorrow.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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