perversion

Noun

Meaning

The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sexual perversion warp subversion badness villainy monstrosity evil vice corruption abuse distortion degradation exploitation contamination deviation
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Antonyms

value best building character good authority
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Hypernyms

sex curve misconduct wrongdoing actus reus sexual activity

Hyponyms

head sodomy anal sex buggery paraphilia anal intercourse

Related terms

perverse perverted pervert pervertedness

Phrases with the word

perversion of spelling

Examples

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Joseph Addison

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life. Thomas Mann

Unfortunately there is nothing more inane than an Easter carol. It is a religious perversion of the activity of Spring in our blood. Wallace Stevens

Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science. Ann Druyan

Could it be that sexual perversion and romanticism sprang from the same longing for distant horizons? Colin Wilson

[P]ride has no intrinsic substance, being no more than the name given to the soul devouring itself. When that loathsome perversion of love has borne its fruit, it has another, more meaningful and weightier name. We call it hatred. Georges Bernanos

Close letter words and terms

perversely perversely irritable perverseness perversion of spelling perversity perversive