Definition of perversion in English:

perversion

noun pəˈvəːʃ(ə)npərˈvərʒən

mass noun

1Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
the thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth
count noun a scandalous perversion of the law
Example sentencesExamples
- This is an outrageous perversion of the long-standing law that the creator has the exclusive right to license his work.
- The perversion of the movie is ingenious, and yet so simple.
- Anybody having experienced the effects of war firsthand will understand the deceit and perversion in calling these games a reflection of global events.
- Our democracy is a threat to their perversion of a religion.
- No nation which had surrendered these powers to a foreign entity could, by any perversion of language, be described as sovereign.
- Our special report on perversion of the language is coming right up.
- If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter.
- The most compelling argument, and the issue at the heart of the liberal perversion of liberalism, is in the area of humanitarianism.
- In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language.
- There is no mendacity, equivocation or perversion of truth.
- Pure theory is too vulnerable to corruption and perversion at the hands of opportunists.
- Well, your Honours, the allegation was section 319 of the Crimes Act, perversion of the course of justice.
- This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship.
- Politics is about human beings with their frailties and perversions and distortions or perception, who prioritise things according to their conviction.
- But they were then arrested for perversion of justice.
- When are the Chairman and governors of the BBC going to wake up their consciences and address this scandalous perversion of public service broadcasting?
- And that can develop out of any tradition, can develop out of any religion, or perversion.
- I have evidence of perjury and the perversion of the course of justice and misfeasance in public office.
- This perversion of democratic competition is reflected in the development of the political parties and their programmes.
- The founding fathers would have had to pop a lot of pills to conceive of this perversion of the Bill of Rights.
Synonyms
distortion, misrepresentation, falsification, travesty, misinterpretation, misconstruction, twisting, corruption, subversion, misuse, misapplication, debasement
2Sexual behaviour that is considered abnormal and unacceptable.
his book revolutionized ideas about sexual perversion
count noun he indulged in most perversions you could care to name
Example sentencesExamples
- The explicit references to sexual perversions are not the best thing about the book, although they don't really do it much harm.
- In the sessions with his supervising therapist, he links the origins of his perversion to his early sexual exposure to his younger sister.
- It seemed to me royals were always in on some kind of scandal, partner swapping, infidelity, one sexual perversion after another.
- It revealed a disgusting and shocking obsession with sexual perversion involving young female children.
- Over the years psychologists have linked this serious state of the mind to such criminal conduct as rape and other sexual perversions.
- In the revised Code, only sexual perversion and venereal disease remained totally forbidden.
- One might say that celibacy has become the last sexual perversion in America.
- But I'm also an old newspaper reporter who, in my time, covered some hideous stories of perversion.
- But can those matters be set to one side to take another look at sexuality and perversions?
- To be honest, I'm often left wondering what precisely he thinks is so new about sexual perversion and the attempt to rationalize it.
- In fact, Greg was outraged that Martin supported my efforts in trying to understand his - Martin's - sexual perversions.
- From them we learn how sexual perversion attained stability by being placed in a racial and/or gendered discourse.
- I don't know why perversions and sexual violence have gone up so sharply here.
- They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion.
- Both men also attack the respective defendants by alluding to unproven sexual perversions.
- Don't write about sexual perversion or a too realistic presentation of sex, as these are subjects from which most readers shrink in disgust.
- Western affluence has also become the occasion for moral decline in general and the growth of sexual perversion in particular.
- He was a man who lived for his own tastes and comforts, and his sexual perversions.
- Together they set off on a road trip of mass murder, mental and physical torture and sexual perversion.
- This is no longer a tale of tragically misguided love, but of sexual perversion and an unforgiveable abuse of power.
Synonyms
deviance, deviancy, deviation
unnaturalness, corruption, depravity, degeneracy, debauchery, vice, wickedness, immorality, aberration, abnormality, perversity, irregularity
informal kinkiness

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere 'turn about' (see pervert).

Rhymes

animadversion, aspersion, assertion, aversion, bioconversion, Cistercian, coercion, conversion, desertion, disconcertion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, excursion, exertion, extroversion, immersion, incursion, insertion, interspersion, introversion, Persian, submersion, subversion, tertian, version

Definition of perversion in US English:

perversion

nounpərˈvərʒənpərˈvərZHən

1The alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.
a scandalous perversion of the law
all great evil is the perversion of a good
Example sentencesExamples
- Politics is about human beings with their frailties and perversions and distortions or perception, who prioritise things according to their conviction.
- Our special report on perversion of the language is coming right up.
- In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language.
- Well, your Honours, the allegation was section 319 of the Crimes Act, perversion of the course of justice.
- Anybody having experienced the effects of war firsthand will understand the deceit and perversion in calling these games a reflection of global events.
- And that can develop out of any tradition, can develop out of any religion, or perversion.
- This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship.
- But they were then arrested for perversion of justice.
- If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter.
- This is an outrageous perversion of the long-standing law that the creator has the exclusive right to license his work.
- I have evidence of perjury and the perversion of the course of justice and misfeasance in public office.
- The perversion of the movie is ingenious, and yet so simple.
- There is no mendacity, equivocation or perversion of truth.
- Pure theory is too vulnerable to corruption and perversion at the hands of opportunists.
- No nation which had surrendered these powers to a foreign entity could, by any perversion of language, be described as sovereign.
- The most compelling argument, and the issue at the heart of the liberal perversion of liberalism, is in the area of humanitarianism.
- When are the Chairman and governors of the BBC going to wake up their consciences and address this scandalous perversion of public service broadcasting?
- The founding fathers would have had to pop a lot of pills to conceive of this perversion of the Bill of Rights.
- Our democracy is a threat to their perversion of a religion.
- This perversion of democratic competition is reflected in the development of the political parties and their programmes.
Synonyms
distortion, misrepresentation, falsification, travesty, misinterpretation, misconstruction, twisting, corruption, subversion, misuse, misapplication, debasement
2Sexual behavior or desire that is considered abnormal or unacceptable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't write about sexual perversion or a too realistic presentation of sex, as these are subjects from which most readers shrink in disgust.
- It seemed to me royals were always in on some kind of scandal, partner swapping, infidelity, one sexual perversion after another.
- They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion.
- In the sessions with his supervising therapist, he links the origins of his perversion to his early sexual exposure to his younger sister.
- But I'm also an old newspaper reporter who, in my time, covered some hideous stories of perversion.
- Over the years psychologists have linked this serious state of the mind to such criminal conduct as rape and other sexual perversions.
- One might say that celibacy has become the last sexual perversion in America.
- In the revised Code, only sexual perversion and venereal disease remained totally forbidden.
- The explicit references to sexual perversions are not the best thing about the book, although they don't really do it much harm.
- This is no longer a tale of tragically misguided love, but of sexual perversion and an unforgiveable abuse of power.
- He was a man who lived for his own tastes and comforts, and his sexual perversions.
- It revealed a disgusting and shocking obsession with sexual perversion involving young female children.
- Both men also attack the respective defendants by alluding to unproven sexual perversions.
- I don't know why perversions and sexual violence have gone up so sharply here.
- Together they set off on a road trip of mass murder, mental and physical torture and sexual perversion.
- From them we learn how sexual perversion attained stability by being placed in a racial and/or gendered discourse.
- But can those matters be set to one side to take another look at sexuality and perversions?
- In fact, Greg was outraged that Martin supported my efforts in trying to understand his - Martin's - sexual perversions.
- To be honest, I'm often left wondering what precisely he thinks is so new about sexual perversion and the attempt to rationalize it.
- Western affluence has also become the occasion for moral decline in general and the growth of sexual perversion in particular.
Synonyms
deviance, deviancy, deviation

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere ‘turn about’ (see pervert).

单词	perversion
释义	Definition of perversion in English: perversion noun pəˈvəːʃ(ə)npərˈvərʒən mass noun 1Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something. the thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth count noun a scandalous perversion of the law Example sentencesExamples This is an outrageous perversion of the long-standing law that the creator has the exclusive right to license his work. The perversion of the movie is ingenious, and yet so simple. Anybody having experienced the effects of war firsthand will understand the deceit and perversion in calling these games a reflection of global events. Our democracy is a threat to their perversion of a religion. No nation which had surrendered these powers to a foreign entity could, by any perversion of language, be described as sovereign. Our special report on perversion of the language is coming right up. If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter. The most compelling argument, and the issue at the heart of the liberal perversion of liberalism, is in the area of humanitarianism. In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language. There is no mendacity, equivocation or perversion of truth. Pure theory is too vulnerable to corruption and perversion at the hands of opportunists. Well, your Honours, the allegation was section 319 of the Crimes Act, perversion of the course of justice. This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship. Politics is about human beings with their frailties and perversions and distortions or perception, who prioritise things according to their conviction. But they were then arrested for perversion of justice. When are the Chairman and governors of the BBC going to wake up their consciences and address this scandalous perversion of public service broadcasting? And that can develop out of any tradition, can develop out of any religion, or perversion. I have evidence of perjury and the perversion of the course of justice and misfeasance in public office. This perversion of democratic competition is reflected in the development of the political parties and their programmes. The founding fathers would have had to pop a lot of pills to conceive of this perversion of the Bill of Rights. Synonyms distortion, misrepresentation, falsification, travesty, misinterpretation, misconstruction, twisting, corruption, subversion, misuse, misapplication, debasement 2Sexual behaviour that is considered abnormal and unacceptable. his book revolutionized ideas about sexual perversion count noun he indulged in most perversions you could care to name Example sentencesExamples The explicit references to sexual perversions are not the best thing about the book, although they don't really do it much harm. In the sessions with his supervising therapist, he links the origins of his perversion to his early sexual exposure to his younger sister. It seemed to me royals were always in on some kind of scandal, partner swapping, infidelity, one sexual perversion after another. It revealed a disgusting and shocking obsession with sexual perversion involving young female children. Over the years psychologists have linked this serious state of the mind to such criminal conduct as rape and other sexual perversions. In the revised Code, only sexual perversion and venereal disease remained totally forbidden. One might say that celibacy has become the last sexual perversion in America. But I'm also an old newspaper reporter who, in my time, covered some hideous stories of perversion. But can those matters be set to one side to take another look at sexuality and perversions? To be honest, I'm often left wondering what precisely he thinks is so new about sexual perversion and the attempt to rationalize it. In fact, Greg was outraged that Martin supported my efforts in trying to understand his - Martin's - sexual perversions. From them we learn how sexual perversion attained stability by being placed in a racial and/or gendered discourse. I don't know why perversions and sexual violence have gone up so sharply here. They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion. Both men also attack the respective defendants by alluding to unproven sexual perversions. Don't write about sexual perversion or a too realistic presentation of sex, as these are subjects from which most readers shrink in disgust. Western affluence has also become the occasion for moral decline in general and the growth of sexual perversion in particular. He was a man who lived for his own tastes and comforts, and his sexual perversions. Together they set off on a road trip of mass murder, mental and physical torture and sexual perversion. This is no longer a tale of tragically misguided love, but of sexual perversion and an unforgiveable abuse of power. Synonyms deviance, deviancy, deviation unnaturalness, corruption, depravity, degeneracy, debauchery, vice, wickedness, immorality, aberration, abnormality, perversity, irregularity informal kinkiness Origin Late Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere 'turn about' (see pervert). Rhymes animadversion, aspersion, assertion, aversion, bioconversion, Cistercian, coercion, conversion, desertion, disconcertion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, excursion, exertion, extroversion, immersion, incursion, insertion, interspersion, introversion, Persian, submersion, subversion, tertian, version Definition of perversion in US English: perversion nounpərˈvərʒənpərˈvərZHən 1The alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended. a scandalous perversion of the law all great evil is the perversion of a good Example sentencesExamples Politics is about human beings with their frailties and perversions and distortions or perception, who prioritise things according to their conviction. Our special report on perversion of the language is coming right up. In writing about the history of American foreign policy, one must try to avoid perpetuating distortions and perversions of language. Well, your Honours, the allegation was section 319 of the Crimes Act, perversion of the course of justice. Anybody having experienced the effects of war firsthand will understand the deceit and perversion in calling these games a reflection of global events. And that can develop out of any tradition, can develop out of any religion, or perversion. This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship. But they were then arrested for perversion of justice. If we cannot establish first that there are distortions and perversions, then this fundamental project is a non-starter. This is an outrageous perversion of the long-standing law that the creator has the exclusive right to license his work. I have evidence of perjury and the perversion of the course of justice and misfeasance in public office. The perversion of the movie is ingenious, and yet so simple. There is no mendacity, equivocation or perversion of truth. Pure theory is too vulnerable to corruption and perversion at the hands of opportunists. No nation which had surrendered these powers to a foreign entity could, by any perversion of language, be described as sovereign. The most compelling argument, and the issue at the heart of the liberal perversion of liberalism, is in the area of humanitarianism. When are the Chairman and governors of the BBC going to wake up their consciences and address this scandalous perversion of public service broadcasting? The founding fathers would have had to pop a lot of pills to conceive of this perversion of the Bill of Rights. Our democracy is a threat to their perversion of a religion. This perversion of democratic competition is reflected in the development of the political parties and their programmes. Synonyms distortion, misrepresentation, falsification, travesty, misinterpretation, misconstruction, twisting, corruption, subversion, misuse, misapplication, debasement 2Sexual behavior or desire that is considered abnormal or unacceptable. Example sentencesExamples Don't write about sexual perversion or a too realistic presentation of sex, as these are subjects from which most readers shrink in disgust. It seemed to me royals were always in on some kind of scandal, partner swapping, infidelity, one sexual perversion after another. They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion. In the sessions with his supervising therapist, he links the origins of his perversion to his early sexual exposure to his younger sister. But I'm also an old newspaper reporter who, in my time, covered some hideous stories of perversion. Over the years psychologists have linked this serious state of the mind to such criminal conduct as rape and other sexual perversions. One might say that celibacy has become the last sexual perversion in America. In the revised Code, only sexual perversion and venereal disease remained totally forbidden. The explicit references to sexual perversions are not the best thing about the book, although they don't really do it much harm. This is no longer a tale of tragically misguided love, but of sexual perversion and an unforgiveable abuse of power. He was a man who lived for his own tastes and comforts, and his sexual perversions. It revealed a disgusting and shocking obsession with sexual perversion involving young female children. Both men also attack the respective defendants by alluding to unproven sexual perversions. I don't know why perversions and sexual violence have gone up so sharply here. Together they set off on a road trip of mass murder, mental and physical torture and sexual perversion. From them we learn how sexual perversion attained stability by being placed in a racial and/or gendered discourse. But can those matters be set to one side to take another look at sexuality and perversions? In fact, Greg was outraged that Martin supported my efforts in trying to understand his - Martin's - sexual perversions. To be honest, I'm often left wondering what precisely he thinks is so new about sexual perversion and the attempt to rationalize it. Western affluence has also become the occasion for moral decline in general and the growth of sexual perversion in particular. Synonyms deviance, deviancy, deviation Origin Late Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere ‘turn about’ (see pervert).
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