perversion — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.

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   Synonyms

   abasementcorruptiondebauchment

2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.

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   Synonyms

   degeneracysinfulnessturpitudewarp

3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.

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   After all, the great error in human judgment is not so much wilful perversion, as that we judge according to situation, and always make that situation our own ; while the chances are, that we really have not one thought, feeling, or habit, in common with those on whom we yet think ourselves qualified to decide.

4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality.

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   Antonyms

   normophilia

Noun

1. a curve that reverses the direction of something

   Broader terms

   curvecurved shape

   Examples

   the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion

   perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords

2. an aberrant sexual practice

   Synonyms

   sexual perversion

   Broader terms

   sexual activitysexual practicesexsex activity

3. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

   Broader terms

   wrongdoingwrongful conductmisconductactus reus

   Examples

   it was a perversion of justice