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perversity in British English

(pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
the quality or state of being perverse
2. 
a perverse action, comment, etc

perversity in American English

(pərˈvɜrsəti)
noun
1. 
the quality or condition of being perverse
2. Word forms: plural perˈversities
an instance of this
Word origin
OFr perversité < L perversitas < perversus

Examples of 'perversity' in a sentence
perversity

It was like the perversity of fate that death could not leave her alone once it had begun.
Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2002)
Arthur took a second sip out of sheer perversity, swallowed.
Nicola Barker BEHINDLINGS (2002)
No one really knew the depths of perversity in MacDougal's heart.
Smiley, Jane BARN BLIND (2002)

Synonyms of 'perversity'

contrariness, intransigence, obduracy, waywardness
perversion, abnormality, deviation, vice
More Synonyms of perversity
1 (noun) 
He refused out of sheer perversity.
Synonyms
contrariness
intransigence
obduracy
waywardness
contradictoriness
wrong-headedness
refractoriness
contumacy
contradictiveness
frowardness (archaic)
2 (noun) 
the public's fascination with sexual perversity
Synonyms
perversion
a tale of dynastic backstabbing spiced up with various kinds of perversion
abnormality
Further scans are required to confirm any abnormality.
deviation
vice
a den of vice and violence
wickedness
moral arguments about the wickedness of nuclear weapons
They have sunk to new levels of wickedness.
depravity
the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war
immorality
a reflection of our society's immorality
debauchery
unnaturalness
kinkiness (slang)
vitiation

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abnormality
Further scans are required to confirm any abnormality.
Synonyms
strangeness,
deviation,
eccentricity,
aberration,
peculiarity,
idiosyncrasy,
irregularity,
weirdness,
singularity,
oddness,
waywardness,
unorthodoxy,
unexpectedness,
queerness,
unnaturalness,
bizarreness,
unusualness,
extraordinariness,
aberrance,
atypicalness,
uncommonness,
untypicalness,
curiousness
in the sense of depravity
Definition
moral corruption
the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war
Synonyms
corruption,
vice,
evil,
criminality,
wickedness,
immorality,
iniquity,
profligacy,
debauchery,
viciousness,
degeneracy,
sinfulness,
debasement,
turpitude (formal),
baseness,
depravation,
vitiation
in the sense of immorality
a reflection of our society's immorality
Synonyms
wickedness,
wrong,
vice,
evil,
corruption,
sin,
depravity,
iniquity,
debauchery,
badness,
licentiousness,
turpitude (formal),
dissoluteness

Nearby words of
perversity

  • pervasive
  • perverse
  • perversion
  • perversity
  • pervert
  • perverted
  • pessimism

Synonyms of 'perversity'

perversity

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of vice
Definition
criminal activities involving sex, drugs, or gambling
a den of vice and violence
Synonyms
wickedness,
evil,
corruption,
sin,
depravity,
immorality,
iniquity,
profligacy,
degeneracy,
venality,
turpitude (formal),
evildoing
in the sense of vitiation
Synonyms
corruption,
pollution,
contamination,
degradation,
perversion,
sullying,
adulteration,
debasement
in the sense of wickedness
moral arguments about the wickedness of nuclear weaponsThey have sunk to new levels of wickedness.
Synonyms
evil,
wrong,
sin,
curse,
wrongdoing,
depravity,
immorality,
iniquity,
badness,
viciousness,
sinfulness,
turpitude (formal),
baseness,
malignity,
heinousness,
maleficence
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