Perversity - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pərˈvɜːsətɪ|
Brit.
|pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ|
noun
- deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline (syn: contrariness, perverseness)
- deliberately deviating from what is good (syn: perverseness)
- deliberately deviating from what is good (syn: perverseness)
there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
Extra examples
She has a perverse fascination with death.
He seems to take perverse pleasure in making things as difficult as possible.
His friends all enjoy his perverse sense of humor.
Is this some kind of perverse joke?
Max refused the money out of sheer perversity.
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