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deviant

[dee-vee-uhnt] / ˈdi vi ənt /


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Thompson was part of the wave of artists in the 1950s who explored the darker, deviant impulses of American life.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

"The only way I could describe it is it was just deviant," she tells us - using that word without any knowledge of the GSK research which had established a link with such behaviour.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2025

I think about her evolution of being comfortable in our own skin and being deviant.

From Salon Feb. 2, 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

Feeling less fettered by the dampness, he then looked up at the deviant kinnari and Ramakien giants that were shaped intricately into the arched doorway, and scraped the mud off of his sandals.

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

The aberrant child vampire highlights inequality, a deviant even among deviants.

From Salon Oct. 30, 2022

He had grown up in India but was studying sociology in London and had been awarded a grant to research political "deviants".

From BBC Jun. 30, 2022

Do you really expect teachers and other school workers to keep their eyes simultaneously trained on COVID-19 deviants and TikTok deviants?

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2021

The only reason I could think of is that these people are deviants who get their sick kicks from being stuck in traffic and knowing that others are stuck in traffic, too.

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2019

I can understand why things are so strict here, because it is the best school around for the rich deviants of tomorrow.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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