Sentences with phrase «persistent social pattern»

As a persistent social pattern, it does cry out for an evolutionary explanation.

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Formal classification with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV) defines the essential characteristics as «a persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age - appropriate social norms are violated.»
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