Deviantize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deviantize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make into, or begin to treat as, a deviant.
Meaning
(transitive) To make into, or begin to treat as, a deviant.
Example Sentences
Rather, I am calling attention to the self-imaging challenges of these experiences and to the implications of a process that seems first to deviantize the women's previous actions and then to medicalize this newfound deviance as the "illness" codependency (Asher and Brissett 1988).
Word Forms
- deviantizes
- deviantizing
- deviantized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include devilize, deviate, denormalize, denaturalize, demonize, diabolify.
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