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perversity
[ per-vur-si-tee ]
noun
- a willful tendency or determination to go counter to what is expected or desired, sometimes for no apparent reason; contrariness:
On Thanksgiving, out of sheer perversity, he brought up a topic that was almost taboo for his family.
- the quality of being, or having an effect, exactly contrary to what is expected or desired:
The administration was slow to acknowledge the perversity of their welfare reform, which has given the underemployed an incentive to become unemployed.
- persistence or obstinacy in what is wrong:
She again rejected her parents' advice with self-defeating perversity.
- a turning away from or rejection of thoughts and deeds one knows are right, good, or proper; wickedness or corruption:
The preacher lamented the perversity of mankind that began in the Garden of Eden.
- an instance of willful contrariety, obstinacy, or wickedness, or an outcome directly opposite to one’s intentions or expectations:
One of the perversities of the system is that the worse one’s crime in one’s home country, the more likely one is to gain asylum.
perversity
/ əˈɜːɪɪ /
noun
- the quality or state of being perverse
- a perverse action, comment, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz····ٲ noun plural nonperversities
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of perversity1
Example Sentences
What stands in the way is mostly the perversity of our political system, which helped empower Trump in the first place.
“It is embarrassing that an athlete feels comfortable to commit such perversity as if all he achieved through sport will stop him from being punished.”
They moved on to other cases, but Ramos’ pervasiveness and perversity haunted the two.
The most astonishing aspect of the Oher story is that virtually no one who read the book, or saw the movie, chose to recognize this perversity.
We weren’t going to get out of here without a Scandinavian mystery, and this one has the benefit of a strong female-led cast and an emphasis on human frailty rather than gritty perversity.
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