deviant
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈdiːviənt/
- Offensive
:
pervertido
- The documentary explored the lives of individuals labeled as deviants by mainstream society.
- moral deviants
- social deviants
- educate moral deviants
He was made to take drugs to chemically castrate him because he thought he was a deviant.
- He was made to take drugs to chemically castrate him because he thought he was a deviant.
- But Dan as a joke often calls me a deviant and I love it.
- No good deviants that have got nothing better to do than be lazy, gluttonous, greedy.
Examples
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Is it the case that deviants need to be morally educated?
Academic text (1993) -
The deviants are already amongst us, waiting for our sons and daughters.
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Tonight, I will deliver one of these to every single deviant on the list.
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For being a sexual deviant.
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- No, I'm not a sexual deviant.
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He's also a sexual deviant.
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If society is to free itself of these deviants--
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Were one to add up all the deviant populations in many big cities, deviants would form the majority.
Academic text (1990) -
The probation office is worried about these deviants putting themselves in danger?
Blog text (26) -
To educate moral deviants, society needs to provide them with pro-social groups whose ideologies make sense.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who behaves in a sexual way that most people find wrong
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5.1
A person who acts differently from others and cannot join in
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9.9
A person who behaves in a sexual way that makes others uncomfortable
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9.6
A person who acts in a disturbing, strange, or morally bad way
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8.4
A person who does bad things or breaks the law
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8.3
A person seen as morally corrupt because of bad behaviour
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7.7
A person who breaks a law or important rule
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9.5
A person who acts very differently from social rules, often used as an insult
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9.9
A person who looks at others in a sexual way and makes them uncomfortable
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9.1
A person who behaves very differently from what others expect
A person who disagrees with common ideas or rules
Antonyms
How Deviant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deviant comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and via 'way'. So a deviant is someone who 'turns away' from the usual social path, meaning their behavior is very different from what most people accept.