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perversity

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per·ver·si·ty  (pr-vûrs-t)
n. pl. per·ver·si·ties
1. The quality or state of being perverse.
2. An instance of being perverse.
perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the quality or state of being perverse
2. a perverse action, comment, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
contrariness, perverseness
fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
cussedness, orneriness - meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
2.perversity - deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
perverseness
evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
perversity
noun
1. contrariness, intransigence, obduracy, waywardness, contradictoriness, wrong-headedness, refractoriness, contumacy, contradictiveness, frowardness (archaic) He refused out of sheer perversity.
2. perversion, abnormality, deviation, vice, wickedness, depravity, immorality, debauchery, unnaturalness, kinkiness (slang), vitiation the public's fascination with sexual perversity
Translations
perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] N (= contrariness) → contrariedad f; (= obstinacy) → terquedad f, contumacia f
perversity [pərˈvɜːrsɪti] n → perversité f
perversity
n (= perverted nature) → Perversität f, → Widernatürlichkeit f
perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] n (wickedness) → perversità, malvagità; (contrariness) → spirito di contraddizione
perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] n (wickedness) → perversità, malvagità; (contrariness) → spirito di contraddizione


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It has been my aim to make the character of "Magdalen," which personifies this struggle, a pathetic character even in its perversity and its error; and I have tried hard to attain this result by the least obtrusive and the least artificial of all means -- by a resolute adherence throughout to the truth as it is in Nature.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
While I stood stupefied with horror by this ghastly spectacle and still holding open the door, by some unaccountable perversity my attention was diverted from the shocking scene and concerned itself with trifles and details.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The best of us have a spice of perversity in us, especially when we are young and in love.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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