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PERVERSITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliberately deviating from what is good
Example:
there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
Synonyms:
perverseness; perversity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perversity" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Derivation:
perverse (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Synonyms:
contrariness; perverseness; perversity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perversity" is a kind of...):
fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perversity"):
cussedness; orneriness (meanspirited disagreeable contrariness)
Derivation:
perverse (resistant to guidance or discipline)
