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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

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

We could call it a moral panic, a widespread and often unfounded fear about some deviant or alien entity in society.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

It was deviant more for him in the sense of diverging from the mainstream than anything significantly pejorative.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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