deviance
/dee-vee-uhns/US // ˈdi vi əns //UK // (ˈdiːvɪəns) //
偏差,偏差性,叛逆,乖张
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n.名词 noun
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- : deviant quality or state.
- : deviant behavior.
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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.
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