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Meanings of deviant in English

Portuguese
pervertido
Catalan
degenerat

A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.

        pervertido

        Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.

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              Usage of deviant in English
              1
              For all its deviant inception, it still symbolized a form of hope.
              The Reality Dysfunction
              2
              What you did was unfortunate, but in no way deviant or unnatural.
              What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
              3
              How did I get funneled into a socially and psychologically deviant population?
              Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
              4
              She was asked on primetime television whether she was into deviant sex.
              The Guardian
              5
              I think it came out of their own twisted, deviant little minds.
              Wired
              6
              Surprising how many of them were sexually deviant, when presented the right opportunity.
              The bone chamber
              7
              Non-white bodies are unjustly stigmatised and marked as different and deviant.
              The Guardian
              8
              It's when those fantasies become deviant compulsions that a psyche audit becomes necessary.
              The unincorporated man
              9
              A girl from our neighborhood was labeled a deviant a few years back.
              Crewel
              10
              Lauten's comments are part of a tradition of youth being caricatured as deviant.
              The Guardian
              11
              You can be reconstructed, deviant, returned to what you were meant to be.
              The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
              12
              Dr. Tracey McIntosh from the University of Auckland defining noramative and deviant behaviour.
              Radio NZ
              13
              So rare that it is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
              14
              Unable to control themselves, deviant males of high station endure wide public shame.
              The Disposable Male
              15
              If one is such a deviant, they think she is crazy.
              Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
              16
              I suspect all sorts of weird, deviant stuff goes on in their bedrooms.
              Bake sale murder
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              Translations for deviant
              Portuguese
              pervertido
              Deviant through the time
              Deviant across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common