perverseness

per·verse  (pr-vûrs, pûrvûrs)

adj.

1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted.

2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.

3.

a. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.

b. Arising from such a disposition.

4. Cranky; peevish.

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[Middle English pervers, from Old French, from Latin perversus, past participle of pervertere, to pervert; see pervert.]

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per·versely adv.

per·verseness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	perverseness - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline contrariness, perversity fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline cussedness, orneriness - meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
	2.	perverseness - deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" perversity evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

Translations

perverseness

n (of idea) → Abwegigkeit f; (= perverted nature) → Perversität f, → Widernatürlichkeit f