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deviancy - definition and meaning
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noun the state of being deviant , abnormal or anomalous
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KING: Town hall meeting just now, a gentleman got up and asked you what you thought the government's role was in dealing with what he called deviancy , homosexuality.
CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2007 2007
Egalitarians and communitarians worry about technology, but think that social deviancy is no big deal.
Myth of the Rational..., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
The question is, if sexual deviancy is openly accepted without moral restriction then what is to prevent man boy love, bestiality or pedophilia from being the next in line?
Houston elects first openly gay mayor 2009
Hierarchists trust experts, but believe social deviancy is very risky.
Myth of the Rational..., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
Log in to Reply malcypoo (UID#16278) on October 28th, 2009 at 10: 14 pm as a conservative, i can say that my sexual deviancy is merely the enjoyment of sex.
neoconservative tears | My[confined]Space 2009
Sexual deviancy is just that, an untreatable form of sexual awareness toward a person society deems is morally repugnant.
34 Months In Jail For Raping His Daughter Live On Internet? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2007
In academic terms, the problem is known as deviancy training, or the negative impact of friends on teen behavior - what parents would simply call a bad influence.
TIME.com: Top Stories 2011
In academic terms, the problem is known as deviancy training, or the negative impact of friends on teen behavior - what parents would simply call a bad influence.
TIME.com: Top Stories 2011
Perhaps because the kind of deviancy exhibited by the Butcher of Newark had once been exhibited by Psy in statistically high numbers … and was no longer being fully contained by Silence.
Excerpt - Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh 2009
Perhaps because the kind of deviancy exhibited by the Butcher of Newark had once been exhibited by Psy in statistically high numbers … and was no longer being fully contained by Silence.
Archive 2009-11-01 Nalini Singh 2009
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