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deviant

/dee-vee-uhnt/US // ˈdi vi ənt //UK // (ˈdiːvɪənt) //

离经叛道,偏差的,变态的,变态

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation: deviant social behavior.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.

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Examples

  • They also expressly rejected new studies from the psychological world that argued against classifying homosexuality as a deviant behavior that could be overcome through therapy.

  • It’s easy to see how plenty of people could find those paths appealing rather than deviant.

  • Desiring fat people is something deviant to be hidden, to find shame in, to closet.

  • Brennan accused the three of causing riots, called them “deviants” and rode off down the trail, according to Lopez’s affidavit.

  • Rick Zbur, Equality California’s executive director, said it’s been common throughout the struggle for LGBTQ rights for opponents to advance a narrative that LGBTQ individuals are deviants or predators.

  • Apparently fans want Star Wars to become more sexually deviant.

  • The report made reference to “the deviant group,” the preferred euphemism that state-run media there uses for al Qaeda.

  • The "deviant trend" is a title used by those who oppose Ahmadinejad to describe certain people close to him, including Mashaei.

  • One of the individuals said to belong to the “deviant trend” is Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

  • A book that will remain relevant as long as governments use ludicrous forms of subterfuge to disguise deviant behavior.

  • Under the circumstances, deviant behavior could not be tolerated.

  • Another deviant, already tried and found guilty, was ready to be exiled from Earth and imprisoned on one of the Penal Asteroids.

  • It smelled the outpouring of certain glands, tasted a deviant brain wave.

  • When a person is judged by social standards to be deviant and even evil, however, it is difficult to summon caring.

  • People whose greatest crime might have been lack of enthusiasm feared that they might be suspected of deviant political beliefs.