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Another word for deviant

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Adjective

  1. Departing from the normal

    See also:

    usual

    good

Noun

  1. One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm

    See also:

    sex

    usual

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Another word for deviant

Modifier
  1. See also:

    wrong

    wicked

    unusual

    different

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Sentence Examples

  • She backed away from his door, wondering how that deviant thought emerged.

  • (Naundorff)1834-1838(2 vols., 1904); Plaidoirie de Jules Favre deviant la cour d'appel de Paris pour les heritiers de feu CharlesGuillaunae Naundorff (1874); H.

  • While I had no direct evidence the attendees were all registered sex offenders, the way they nodded and agreed at the mention of deviant sexual behavior made me feel I might be unique among like penitents.

  • Boot camps and wilderness programs help troubled teens in different ways so depending on your teenager's issues, one may be more effective than the other is in changing deviant behavior.

  • There are different reasons for this, including the need to keep company with people who can supply this drug as well as a subconscious psychological need to somehow make the deviant behavior acceptable by peers.

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