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Examples of deviance in a Sentence
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Mary & George certainly outpaces The Tudors in varieties of deviance depicted.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Into this apparently stable and monochrome existence, Eng then introduces the gentle subversion and deviance of his more interesting subplots—Lesley’s passion for Sun Yat-sen’s cause, Lesley’s passion for Arthur, Maugham’s passion for Gerald, Robert’s erotic wandering.
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Any factor – abuse, neglect, deviance, bullying – might have different influences on different people, and new experiences can modify perceptions positively or negatively.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN, 24 July 2023
People in those societies don’t tolerate deviance and generally follow the rules.
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Michele Gelfand, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Sloman, who had a master’s degree in deviance and criminology from the University of Wisconsin, had begun his time on the tour reporting for Rolling Stone.
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Robert Greenfield, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2023
The reason reality shows about hoarding flourished a decade ago, the critic Scott Herring has argued, is that hoarding was a special case in which the larger culture tipped into definable deviance.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
One study found that people littered in their work environments as an act of deviance against their employer.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
After the actual census data was released in August, Republicans said their analysis showed the map passed in May had a population deviance of 30% between its most populated and least populated House districts — at odds with a 10% variance allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near deviance
Cite this Entry
“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deviance. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
deviance
noun
de·vi·ance
ˈdē-vē-ən(t)s
: quality, state, or behavior that differs from what is normal or accepted
Medical Definition
deviance
noun
de·vi·ance
ˈdē-vē-ən(t)s
: deviant quality, state, or behavior
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