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What is meant by the statement "People only become deviant when others define them as deviant"?

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It basically means that if I say you are stupid or something like that, then you would take that and act/do stupid things.... you let other peoples judgment about you, take over, and you act like you are what they say you are, instead of what you really truely are. 
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Answer:

Deviance is a concept that society applies to certain behaviors.

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