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Perversity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The quality or state of being perverse.

n. An instance of being perverse.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The quality of being perverse.

n. A perverse act

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Perverse character, disposition, tendency, or conduct; disposition to be contrary; perverseness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. deliberately deviating from what is good

n. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

Word Usage

"The ultimate end of the relentless pursuit of perversity is probably something like the world of Charles Stross's Glasshouse, a novel depicting a post-singularity society that must be one of the most miserable and monotonous places I have ever read about."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

evilness evil

Cross Reference

wickedness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

perverseness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

biodiversity diversity university

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

obstinacy baseness stubbornness stupidity depravity