Definition of Perverseness in English :

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Perverseness pronunciation in English

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Perverseness

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Noun

1. contrariness, perverseness, perversity

deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

2. perverseness, perversity

deliberately deviating from what is good

Example Sentences:
'there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Perverseness

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adjective
1. 
deliberately deviating from what is regarded as normal, good, or proper
2. 
persistently holding to what is wrong
3. 
wayward or contrary; obstinate; cantankerous
4. archaic
perverted

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Perverseness

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adjective
1. 
deviating from what is considered right or good; wrong, improper, etc. or corrupt, wicked, etc.; perverted
2. 
persisting in error or fault; stubbornly contrary
3. 
obstinately disobedient or difficult; intractable
4. 
characterized by or resulting from obstinacy or contrariness

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Perverseness

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adj.
1. Contrary to what is right or good; wicked or depraved: a perverse world of sinners.
2.
a. Characterized by or resulting from willful opposition or resistance to what is right, expected, or reasonable: "Geneticists have the perverse habit of naming genes by what goes wrong when they mutate" (Richard Dawkins).
b. Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable: an understanding of the text that only a perverse reader could reach.
3. Having an effect opposite to what is intended or expected: "Regulation [of child care] to increase quality may have the perverse effect of driving some children into unregulated care" (Kathryn M. Neckerman).

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