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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as freaks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing people or things that are considered unusual or outside the norm, often in a non-derogatory way.
Example: "They embraced their uniqueness and proudly identified themselves as freaks in a world that often values conformity."
Alternatives: "as outcasts" or "as misfits".
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The rare women who became professional artists were regarded as freaks or patronised as mascots.
But Mr. Zigun defends displaying those who are known in the sideshow business as freaks.
Never does she slight their accomplishments or treat them as freaks.
In what way is this compatible with describing patients as "freaks"?
Contestants have been described as freaks, thick-as-a-brick, ugly, two-faced.
Women are wives, nurses or secretaries, and female doctors are rare and treated as freaks, even by other women.
Willingly or not, the participants are presented as freaks for the entertainment of a smugly superior audience.
"There's a certain fear that women boxers will somehow be considered freaks, or will be perceived as freaks," Sanneh says.
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And, as freaked as I may have gotten him, I think he won that contest, hands down.
I've calmed down, I'm not as freaked out.
It's easy to write these cases off as freak results of severe mental illness.
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