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deviant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·vi·ant /ˈdiːviənt/ adjective  NORMAL#different, in a bad way, from what is considered normal 反常的,变态的 deviant behaviour 变态的行为deviant noun [countable] a sexual deviant 性变态者
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deviantResistance to control makes Nicky a problem, a deviant, a troublemaker.Certain practices that once were condemned as deviant are now considered fairly normal.Stereotyped deviant behaviour is inevitably a social phenomenon, and concerns us almost as much as it does social psychologists or psychiatrists.As in the Victorian prisons and asylums, the retention of personal sanity required some deviant dodges.However, there were clear differences in expectations of deviant pupils.The normal justification thesis allows for deviant reasons.There are many other deviant roles whose scripts exclude women.Without tampering with the deviant sentence itself, we can investigate the effects of placing it in variously elaborated discourse contexts.The magazine shows people engaging in deviant sexual acts.deviant sexual behavior
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deviant
deviant /ˈdiːviənt/ adjective
different, in a bad way, from what is considered normal:
    deviant behaviour
—deviant noun [countable]:
    a sexual deviant


de·vi·antBrE /ˈdiːviənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdiːviənt/ 🔊 adjectivedifferent from what most people consider to be normal and acceptable 不正常的;异常的;偏离常轨的deviant behaviour/sexuality 偏常行为/性行为 de·vi·ant nounsexual deviants性偏离者 de·vi·ance BrE /ˈdiːviəns/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdiːviəns/ 🔊de·vi·ancy BrE /ˈdiːviənsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdiːviənsi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a study of social deviance and crime对社会偏常行为和犯罪行为的研究