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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

"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

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

The cruel irony here is that whistleblowers like Snowden continue to be derided as deviant misfits who are out for fame, profit, revenge or self-aggrandizement.

From Salon May 30, 2023

None of these is new, but the relative flourishing of the market of vagueness and ambiguity, reflective of a deviant functioning of language, is.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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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