perversity

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.

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perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the quality or state of being perverse

2. a perverse action, comment, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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"

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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 [pə^rˈvɜː^rsɪti] n → perversité f

perversity

n (= perverted nature) → Perversität f, → Widernatürlichkeit f

perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ] n (wickedness) → perversità, malvagità; (contrariness) → spirito di contraddizione