Definition of perversity in English:

perversity

nounPlural perversities pəˈvəːsɪtipərˈvərsədi

1A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
they responded with typical perversity
Example sentencesExamples
- Many of their performances testify to organizational stupidity; a few testify only to the perversity of fate.
- That is the way of human perversity, a perversity especially characteristic among intellectuals.
- A troubled narrative of fear, laughter and perversity, the work questions where real life ends and art begins.
- If some perversity sends you in quest of these, you should be looking in sections of old Christian books.
- Yet I keep doing it, entirely for the perversity.
- It had connotations of blameworthy action, perversity or obstinacy.
- We therefore do him the injustice of mistaking his infirmity for perversity.
- His persona's conscious contrariness in standing in his own way is a dipstick for measuring the depth of humanity's own perversity.
- I became a Marxist out of sheer perversity.
- Libertarians are also naïve about the range and perversity of human desires they propose to unleash.
- The real enemies in this film are the US Generals, who are displayed in all their war-mongering perversity.
- Criminals are mutilated by surgery, magic or engineering in a manner that reflects their crime, or merely the perversity of the sentencing Magister.
- There is no point in pretending a faceless individual in Brussels sent a habitats directive to Ireland through perversity.
- This is a perversity born of moral vanity.
- The real perversity is the fact that democratically elected leaders now inhabit a different space from those who elected them.
- Critics might think it indulgence in willful perversity.
- The other seems to him only an unrighteous actuality or a case of human obstinacy or perversity.
- If ever there were any doubt about the perversity of human nature, our present system of taxation is the proof!
- All we urge in these matters is some sense of balance, some deference to the unregimented perversity of the human spirit.
- The Commissioners ' error was not borne of dishonesty or perversity.
Synonyms
contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness
informal cussedness
British informal bloody-mindedness
archaic frowardness
unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness
2The quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice; unreasonableness.
the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink
Example sentencesExamples
- Aside from the perversity of putting the government in charge of teaching the next generation of voters, it distorts housing markets beyond recognition.
- It doesn't take long for the scab of small-town wholesomeness to be picked off, revealing the perversity festering underneath.
- In keeping with the cosmic perversity principle, it is the hardest cases that we find most interesting.
- Meanwhile, the diaries reveal a later life of flamboyant perversity.
- This is not based on a perversity or a dislike or fear of women.
- There is a gorgeous perversity in the idea of a woman forced to a blush by the reality of her own naked body.
- The services of the Jews were thus secured for the city but safely kept at the periphery, the traditional receptacle of all evil and perversity.
- And while most people are happy to keep a sensitive condition under wraps, some delight in the perversity of its exploitation.
- The basic intimation of his book is a profound sense of loss animating every artificiality and perversity.
- It was characteristic of his perversity that he left his name upon nothing that he made, with one exception.
- Dr. Moreau attempts to create a higher being, but merely creates sad perversities, parodies of both human and animal.
- Perversity — or would-be originality — alone could declare Jonson's tragedy preferable to his comedy.
- But insane libertarians and promoters of polymorphous perversity have no answer.
- They use perversity to create a false impression of profundity.
- Or worse: lest we fall afoul of future generations of scholars who may claim not only error, but even perversity, in our work.
- In the 19th century, the church denounced this secularisation of moral values as the perversity of liberalism, which it condemned and against which it fought.
- Yet the perversities of slave society bent these otherwise commendable traits into heinous pathologies.
- Its mix of rational deduction and wild credulity, coupled with recklessness and topped with a dollop of sheer perversity, captivated her.
- When they fell into disuse I kept them out of perversity more than anything else, resisting change.
- The Brasserie was of particular interest because of the perversity of its location: in the windowless basement of the premier glass-and-steel building of the modernist era.
3The quality of being sexually perverted.
Example sentencesExamples
- Certainly, it is common xenophobic practice to attribute sexual perversity or illness to another nation or people.
- I mean I've had no problems with showing a bit of skin, but this sort of fetish strikes me as a disturbing perversity never before attempted.
- Acts which may in themselves be regarded as either perverse or bordering upon perversity may be considered permissible if they produce better reproductive sex between married couples.
- The play was virtually unseen for 200 years, cast off for smuttiness and "perversity".
- Overall, however, the sexual activity in the play seems to fall not into the categories of gay or straight but into a kind of polymorphous perversity.
- It would be irresponsible to write his mobile-phone number on the wall of a public lavatory, along with an expression of enthusiasm for some barely legal perversity.
- It deals frankly, openly, and graphically with sexual perversity and fetishism.
- In both movies, there's sexual perversity and violence - although here is where the crucial differences between these two great filmmakers start to show.

Rhymes

adversity, biodiversity, diversity, university

Definition of perversity in US English:

perversity

nounpərˈvərsədēpərˈvərsədi

1A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
they responded with typical perversity
Example sentencesExamples
- It had connotations of blameworthy action, perversity or obstinacy.
- I became a Marxist out of sheer perversity.
- We therefore do him the injustice of mistaking his infirmity for perversity.
- All we urge in these matters is some sense of balance, some deference to the unregimented perversity of the human spirit.
- If some perversity sends you in quest of these, you should be looking in sections of old Christian books.
- The real perversity is the fact that democratically elected leaders now inhabit a different space from those who elected them.
- Libertarians are also naïve about the range and perversity of human desires they propose to unleash.
- The Commissioners ' error was not borne of dishonesty or perversity.
- This is a perversity born of moral vanity.
- Yet I keep doing it, entirely for the perversity.
- There is no point in pretending a faceless individual in Brussels sent a habitats directive to Ireland through perversity.
- Critics might think it indulgence in willful perversity.
- His persona's conscious contrariness in standing in his own way is a dipstick for measuring the depth of humanity's own perversity.
- A troubled narrative of fear, laughter and perversity, the work questions where real life ends and art begins.
- Criminals are mutilated by surgery, magic or engineering in a manner that reflects their crime, or merely the perversity of the sentencing Magister.
- The real enemies in this film are the US Generals, who are displayed in all their war-mongering perversity.
- That is the way of human perversity, a perversity especially characteristic among intellectuals.
- The other seems to him only an unrighteous actuality or a case of human obstinacy or perversity.
- If ever there were any doubt about the perversity of human nature, our present system of taxation is the proof!
- Many of their performances testify to organizational stupidity; a few testify only to the perversity of fate.
Synonyms
contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness
unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness
2The quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice.
the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink
Example sentencesExamples
- In the 19th century, the church denounced this secularisation of moral values as the perversity of liberalism, which it condemned and against which it fought.
- The Brasserie was of particular interest because of the perversity of its location: in the windowless basement of the premier glass-and-steel building of the modernist era.
- The basic intimation of his book is a profound sense of loss animating every artificiality and perversity.
- Meanwhile, the diaries reveal a later life of flamboyant perversity.
- The services of the Jews were thus secured for the city but safely kept at the periphery, the traditional receptacle of all evil and perversity.
- When they fell into disuse I kept them out of perversity more than anything else, resisting change.
- Aside from the perversity of putting the government in charge of teaching the next generation of voters, it distorts housing markets beyond recognition.
- It doesn't take long for the scab of small-town wholesomeness to be picked off, revealing the perversity festering underneath.
- But insane libertarians and promoters of polymorphous perversity have no answer.
- And while most people are happy to keep a sensitive condition under wraps, some delight in the perversity of its exploitation.
- Its mix of rational deduction and wild credulity, coupled with recklessness and topped with a dollop of sheer perversity, captivated her.
- Or worse: lest we fall afoul of future generations of scholars who may claim not only error, but even perversity, in our work.
- In keeping with the cosmic perversity principle, it is the hardest cases that we find most interesting.
- Dr. Moreau attempts to create a higher being, but merely creates sad perversities, parodies of both human and animal.
- It was characteristic of his perversity that he left his name upon nothing that he made, with one exception.
- They use perversity to create a false impression of profundity.
- Perversity — or would-be originality — alone could declare Jonson's tragedy preferable to his comedy.
- Yet the perversities of slave society bent these otherwise commendable traits into heinous pathologies.
- This is not based on a perversity or a dislike or fear of women.
- There is a gorgeous perversity in the idea of a woman forced to a blush by the reality of her own naked body.
3The quality of being sexually perverted.
Example sentencesExamples
- Acts which may in themselves be regarded as either perverse or bordering upon perversity may be considered permissible if they produce better reproductive sex between married couples.
- Certainly, it is common xenophobic practice to attribute sexual perversity or illness to another nation or people.
- In both movies, there's sexual perversity and violence - although here is where the crucial differences between these two great filmmakers start to show.
- It would be irresponsible to write his mobile-phone number on the wall of a public lavatory, along with an expression of enthusiasm for some barely legal perversity.
- The play was virtually unseen for 200 years, cast off for smuttiness and "perversity".
- Overall, however, the sexual activity in the play seems to fall not into the categories of gay or straight but into a kind of polymorphous perversity.
- I mean I've had no problems with showing a bit of skin, but this sort of fetish strikes me as a disturbing perversity never before attempted.
- It deals frankly, openly, and graphically with sexual perversity and fetishism.

单词	perversity
释义	Definition of perversity in English: perversity nounPlural perversities pəˈvəːsɪtipərˈvərsədi 1A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness. they responded with typical perversity Example sentencesExamples Many of their performances testify to organizational stupidity; a few testify only to the perversity of fate. That is the way of human perversity, a perversity especially characteristic among intellectuals. A troubled narrative of fear, laughter and perversity, the work questions where real life ends and art begins. If some perversity sends you in quest of these, you should be looking in sections of old Christian books. Yet I keep doing it, entirely for the perversity. It had connotations of blameworthy action, perversity or obstinacy. We therefore do him the injustice of mistaking his infirmity for perversity. His persona's conscious contrariness in standing in his own way is a dipstick for measuring the depth of humanity's own perversity. I became a Marxist out of sheer perversity. Libertarians are also naïve about the range and perversity of human desires they propose to unleash. The real enemies in this film are the US Generals, who are displayed in all their war-mongering perversity. Criminals are mutilated by surgery, magic or engineering in a manner that reflects their crime, or merely the perversity of the sentencing Magister. There is no point in pretending a faceless individual in Brussels sent a habitats directive to Ireland through perversity. This is a perversity born of moral vanity. The real perversity is the fact that democratically elected leaders now inhabit a different space from those who elected them. Critics might think it indulgence in willful perversity. The other seems to him only an unrighteous actuality or a case of human obstinacy or perversity. If ever there were any doubt about the perversity of human nature, our present system of taxation is the proof! All we urge in these matters is some sense of balance, some deference to the unregimented perversity of the human spirit. The Commissioners ' error was not borne of dishonesty or perversity. Synonyms contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness informal cussedness British informal bloody-mindedness archaic frowardness unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness 2The quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice; unreasonableness. the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink Example sentencesExamples Aside from the perversity of putting the government in charge of teaching the next generation of voters, it distorts housing markets beyond recognition. It doesn't take long for the scab of small-town wholesomeness to be picked off, revealing the perversity festering underneath. In keeping with the cosmic perversity principle, it is the hardest cases that we find most interesting. Meanwhile, the diaries reveal a later life of flamboyant perversity. This is not based on a perversity or a dislike or fear of women. There is a gorgeous perversity in the idea of a woman forced to a blush by the reality of her own naked body. The services of the Jews were thus secured for the city but safely kept at the periphery, the traditional receptacle of all evil and perversity. And while most people are happy to keep a sensitive condition under wraps, some delight in the perversity of its exploitation. The basic intimation of his book is a profound sense of loss animating every artificiality and perversity. It was characteristic of his perversity that he left his name upon nothing that he made, with one exception. Dr. Moreau attempts to create a higher being, but merely creates sad perversities, parodies of both human and animal. Perversity — or would-be originality — alone could declare Jonson's tragedy preferable to his comedy. But insane libertarians and promoters of polymorphous perversity have no answer. They use perversity to create a false impression of profundity. Or worse: lest we fall afoul of future generations of scholars who may claim not only error, but even perversity, in our work. In the 19th century, the church denounced this secularisation of moral values as the perversity of liberalism, which it condemned and against which it fought. Yet the perversities of slave society bent these otherwise commendable traits into heinous pathologies. Its mix of rational deduction and wild credulity, coupled with recklessness and topped with a dollop of sheer perversity, captivated her. When they fell into disuse I kept them out of perversity more than anything else, resisting change. The Brasserie was of particular interest because of the perversity of its location: in the windowless basement of the premier glass-and-steel building of the modernist era. 3The quality of being sexually perverted. Example sentencesExamples Certainly, it is common xenophobic practice to attribute sexual perversity or illness to another nation or people. I mean I've had no problems with showing a bit of skin, but this sort of fetish strikes me as a disturbing perversity never before attempted. Acts which may in themselves be regarded as either perverse or bordering upon perversity may be considered permissible if they produce better reproductive sex between married couples. The play was virtually unseen for 200 years, cast off for smuttiness and "perversity". Overall, however, the sexual activity in the play seems to fall not into the categories of gay or straight but into a kind of polymorphous perversity. It would be irresponsible to write his mobile-phone number on the wall of a public lavatory, along with an expression of enthusiasm for some barely legal perversity. It deals frankly, openly, and graphically with sexual perversity and fetishism. In both movies, there's sexual perversity and violence - although here is where the crucial differences between these two great filmmakers start to show. Rhymes adversity, biodiversity, diversity, university Definition of perversity in US English: perversity nounpərˈvərsədēpərˈvərsədi 1A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness. they responded with typical perversity Example sentencesExamples It had connotations of blameworthy action, perversity or obstinacy. I became a Marxist out of sheer perversity. We therefore do him the injustice of mistaking his infirmity for perversity. All we urge in these matters is some sense of balance, some deference to the unregimented perversity of the human spirit. If some perversity sends you in quest of these, you should be looking in sections of old Christian books. The real perversity is the fact that democratically elected leaders now inhabit a different space from those who elected them. Libertarians are also naïve about the range and perversity of human desires they propose to unleash. The Commissioners ' error was not borne of dishonesty or perversity. This is a perversity born of moral vanity. Yet I keep doing it, entirely for the perversity. There is no point in pretending a faceless individual in Brussels sent a habitats directive to Ireland through perversity. Critics might think it indulgence in willful perversity. His persona's conscious contrariness in standing in his own way is a dipstick for measuring the depth of humanity's own perversity. A troubled narrative of fear, laughter and perversity, the work questions where real life ends and art begins. Criminals are mutilated by surgery, magic or engineering in a manner that reflects their crime, or merely the perversity of the sentencing Magister. The real enemies in this film are the US Generals, who are displayed in all their war-mongering perversity. That is the way of human perversity, a perversity especially characteristic among intellectuals. The other seems to him only an unrighteous actuality or a case of human obstinacy or perversity. If ever there were any doubt about the perversity of human nature, our present system of taxation is the proof! Many of their performances testify to organizational stupidity; a few testify only to the perversity of fate. Synonyms contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness 2The quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice. the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink Example sentencesExamples In the 19th century, the church denounced this secularisation of moral values as the perversity of liberalism, which it condemned and against which it fought. The Brasserie was of particular interest because of the perversity of its location: in the windowless basement of the premier glass-and-steel building of the modernist era. The basic intimation of his book is a profound sense of loss animating every artificiality and perversity. Meanwhile, the diaries reveal a later life of flamboyant perversity. The services of the Jews were thus secured for the city but safely kept at the periphery, the traditional receptacle of all evil and perversity. When they fell into disuse I kept them out of perversity more than anything else, resisting change. Aside from the perversity of putting the government in charge of teaching the next generation of voters, it distorts housing markets beyond recognition. It doesn't take long for the scab of small-town wholesomeness to be picked off, revealing the perversity festering underneath. But insane libertarians and promoters of polymorphous perversity have no answer. And while most people are happy to keep a sensitive condition under wraps, some delight in the perversity of its exploitation. Its mix of rational deduction and wild credulity, coupled with recklessness and topped with a dollop of sheer perversity, captivated her. Or worse: lest we fall afoul of future generations of scholars who may claim not only error, but even perversity, in our work. In keeping with the cosmic perversity principle, it is the hardest cases that we find most interesting. Dr. Moreau attempts to create a higher being, but merely creates sad perversities, parodies of both human and animal. It was characteristic of his perversity that he left his name upon nothing that he made, with one exception. They use perversity to create a false impression of profundity. Perversity — or would-be originality — alone could declare Jonson's tragedy preferable to his comedy. Yet the perversities of slave society bent these otherwise commendable traits into heinous pathologies. This is not based on a perversity or a dislike or fear of women. There is a gorgeous perversity in the idea of a woman forced to a blush by the reality of her own naked body. 3The quality of being sexually perverted. Example sentencesExamples Acts which may in themselves be regarded as either perverse or bordering upon perversity may be considered permissible if they produce better reproductive sex between married couples. Certainly, it is common xenophobic practice to attribute sexual perversity or illness to another nation or people. In both movies, there's sexual perversity and violence - although here is where the crucial differences between these two great filmmakers start to show. It would be irresponsible to write his mobile-phone number on the wall of a public lavatory, along with an expression of enthusiasm for some barely legal perversity. The play was virtually unseen for 200 years, cast off for smuttiness and "perversity". Overall, however, the sexual activity in the play seems to fall not into the categories of gay or straight but into a kind of polymorphous perversity. I mean I've had no problems with showing a bit of skin, but this sort of fetish strikes me as a disturbing perversity never before attempted. It deals frankly, openly, and graphically with sexual perversity and fetishism.
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