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deviance

/dee-vee-uhns/US // ˈdi vi əns //UK // (ˈdiːvɪəns) //

偏差,偏差性,叛逆,乖张

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : deviant quality or state.
    • : deviant behavior.

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Examples

  • One concerning upshot of this is the medicalization of deviance, which can ultimately motivate biological intervention to eliminate behaviors considered non-normative or wrong.

  • In a 2013 study, psychologists designed a series of experiments to give people the opportunity to cheat on a puzzle, then measured how the deviance made them feel.

  • They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

  • This is a novel about sexual deviance, relentlessness, and desire.

  • But his sexual deviance, sporadic drug addiction, and overreliance on hand-to-hand combat may not hold up to scrutiny.