Perversity (Noun)
Meaning 1
Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
Deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- With a perversity that bordered on the diabolical, she took great pleasure in spoiling everyone's fun.
- His perversity knew no bounds, as evidenced by the outrageous and unacceptable pranks he constantly played on his classmates.
- There's a perversity in some individuals that compels them to contradict even the most logical and well-reasoned arguments.
- She shook her head at her son's perversity in choosing the one and only homework night to go out with friends.
- In a perversity that stunned her family, she suddenly started neglecting her academic work just as she was on the verge of graduation.