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PERVERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
Example:
it was a perversion of justice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Derivation:
pervert (change the inherent purpose or function of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An aberrant sexual practice
Synonyms:
perversion; sexual perversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perversion"):
paraphilia (abnormal sexual activity)
anal intercourse; anal sex; buggery; sodomy (intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman)
head; oral sex (oral stimulation of the genitals)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A curve that reverses the direction of something
Example:
perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
