nnoun.attributedeliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or disciplineSynset:contrariness perverseness
Derivationally Related Form:perversecontrary
Hypernyms:fractiousness unruliness wilfulness willfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:contrarinessunrulinessintractabilitytraitattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cussednessorneriness
nnoun.attributedeliberately deviating from what is goodSynset:perverseness
Examples:- there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
Derivationally Related Form:perverse
Hypernyms:evil evilness
Inherited Hypernyms:perversityevilimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity