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dying as deviance  

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  • The word deviance is derived from the Latin verb deviare, meaning “to deviate.” To deviate is to extend outside the parameters of normative expectation. Dying as deviance, then, is a death that occurs in other than an expected condition, manner, or situation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Deviance, Dying As]

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