Definitions of perversity

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Definition of 'perversity'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) contrariness, perversity, perverseness
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

2. (noun) perversity, perverseness
deliberately deviating from what is good
"there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"

Definition of 'perversity'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) perversity
the quality or state of being perverse; perverseness

Translation of 'perversity'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: deliberately wrong; unreasonable perverse behaviour.
Afrikaans: perversiteit	Arabic: إنْحِراف، زَيَغان	Bulgarian: извратеност
Brazilian: perversidade	Czech: zvrhlost	German: die Verdorbenheit
Danish: sygelighed	Greek: διαστροφή	Spanish: perversidad
Estonian: jonnakus	Farsi: لجبازی	Finnish: uppiniskaisuus
French: esprit de contradiction	Hebrew: סִילוּף	Hindi: तर्कविरूद्धता
Croatian: tvrdoglavost	Hungarian: romlottság, perverzitás	Indonesian: penyimpangan
Icelandic: þvermóðska	Italian: ostinazione	Japanese: 片意地
Korean: 괴팍함, 외고집	Lithuanian: užgaidumas, įnoringumas	Latvian: perversitāte
Malay: sikap suka membantah	Dutch: eigenzinnigheid, balorigh	Norwegian: fordervethet; egensindigh
Polish: przewrotność	Persian: لجبازی	Pashto: خپل، سرى، سر كښې
Portuguese: perversidade	Romanian: încăpăţânare; perversita	Russian: извращённость
Slovak: zvrhlosť, zvrátenosť, úch	Slovenian: perverznost	Serbian: perverzija
Swedish: fördärv, ondska, förvändh	Thai: ความวิปริต	Turkish: münasebetsizlik, huysuzlu
Taiwanese: 反常，剛愎	Ukrainian: спотворення; збоченість	Urdu: خود سري
Vietnamese: tính ngoan cố	Chinese: 反常
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