Table 2 The metaphor aligns with the conceptual mapping: SOCIAL DEVIANCE IS MONSTROSITY.
From: Context shift, word drift: the meaning transference of the word prèet in Thai Society
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The prèet figure in Buddhist cosmology, characterized by unnatural appearance—extremely tall, emaciated, with a tiny mouth—and condemned to a realm of suffering as karmic punishment. This grotesque imagery signals a being that exists outside the moral and natural order. | Socially deviant behavior, particularly actions that disrupt communal norms or cause harm to others. |
