Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being perverse.
- noun An instance of being perverse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Perverse character, disposition, tendency, or conduct; disposition to be contrary; perverseness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
perverse . - noun A perverse act
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deliberately deviating from what is good
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
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Examples
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
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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.
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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.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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There is, as Yeats reminded us, a certain perversity here: People who actually know something are more likely to be fairly tentative and circumspect, while people ill-informed enough to think everything is quite simple will be confident they know all they need to.
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But the perversity is not limited to developing economies.
Bill Chameides: The Invi$ibility of Nature: Green on Green Bill Chameides 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word perversity
Solomon observed mankind’s propensity for evil, describing it as those who “rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity (suka menentang) of the wicked”. ODB July 20, 2011.
July 20, 2011