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deviant

[dee-vee-uhnt] / ˈdi vi ənt /


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But “Mudtown” is also distinguished by the uncommon amount of deviant psychology at play among the characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

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

It determined that Vanier and Philippe’s deviant practices didn’t extend beyond the core “sect” at the original community in northern France.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Freud, Bertolt Brecht, Karl Marx, Franz Kafka and hundreds of modernist or expressionist artists were deemed decedent, depraved, deviant and degenerate.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2023

Having a bunch of enthusiastic kids running around in costume lent color to the event, and we got to have a ball among people even more socially deviant than us.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory




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