deviant in the PONS Dictionary

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In order to maintain order, police used their legal powers to seize and place potential disorderly subjects at fault in most deviant situations.
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All other teachings were viewed as deviant streams of thought and were possibly heretical.
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Eastern cultures, and their emotional expressions, have been largely left to speculation, and often labeled mysterious, and deviant.
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Similar to the sociological definition, institutionalized deviants may be judged by other group members for their failure to adhere to norms.
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Deviant behavior is encouraged by deviant peers via favorable definitions and learning opportunities provided by network-based norms.
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Investigators found that deviant roles powerfully affect how we perceive those who are assigned those roles.
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During the examination an outraged husband or outraged father would enter the room and accuse the doctor of deviant misconduct.
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Their consumption was not regarded as socially deviant behaviour, and was seen as similar to consuming alcohol.
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Afterwards she enters into several more relationships, openly admitting her lesbianism, but finds herself branded a deviant.
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If this event is not sufficiently deviant (i.e., it is the same) then habituation occurs.
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