Perversion
noun
The action of changing something so it is not what it should be, often in a way that is immoral.
He accused the government of perversion of justice.
Often appears as...
- perversion of justice
- act of perversion
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Formal, Disapproving
noun
A type of sexual behavior that is considered abnormal and unacceptable.
The film deals with sexual perversion and murder.
Often appears as...
- sexual perversion
- act of perversion
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Formal, Disapproving
Medical
noun
The action of changing something so it is not what it should be, often in a way that is immoral.
He accused the government of perversion of justice.
Often appears as...
- perversion of justice
- act of perversion
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
A type of sexual behavior that is considered abnormal and unacceptable.
The film deals with sexual perversion and murder.
Often appears as...
- sexual perversion
- act of perversion
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Medical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversion often implies a negative judgment, suggesting that something good or pure has been spoiled.
Her ideals seemed like a perversion of the original ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Accusation
Using 'perversion' can express strong disapproval and is used to criticize actions seriously, not lightly.
Claiming credit for others' work is a perversion of team trust.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Implication
The term is often related to ethics, suggesting that something is not just different, but wrong or corrupt.
The perversion of principles for personal gain is deplorable.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversion often implies a negative judgment, suggesting that something good or pure has been spoiled.
Her ideals seemed like a perversion of the original ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Accusation
Using 'perversion' can express strong disapproval and is used to criticize actions seriously, not lightly.
Claiming credit for others' work is a perversion of team trust.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Implication
The term is often related to ethics, suggesting that something is not just different, but wrong or corrupt.
The perversion of principles for personal gain is deplorable.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversion often implies a negative judgment, suggesting that something good or pure has been spoiled.
Her ideals seemed like a perversion of the original ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Accusation
Using 'perversion' can express strong disapproval and is used to criticize actions seriously, not lightly.
Claiming credit for others' work is a perversion of team trust.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Implication
The term is often related to ethics, suggesting that something is not just different, but wrong or corrupt.
The perversion of principles for personal gain is deplorable.
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I will not give tax on teachers cheer this is absurd it is outrageous it is extraordinary perversion of the system of freedom we should be encouraging and the question I ask you is who's fighting it well interestingly in the last presidential
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Inside the mind of a...
I recruited, I raised funds, I trained. I confused true jihad with this perversion as presented by the fascist Islamists -- these people who use the idea of jihad
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Re-examining the remix -...
I will not give tax on teachers cheer this is absurd it is outrageous it is extraordinary perversion of the system of freedom we should be encouraging and the question I ask you is who's fighting it well interestingly in the last presidential
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Inside the mind of a...
I recruited, I raised funds, I trained. I confused true jihad with this perversion as presented by the fascist Islamists -- these people who use the idea of jihad
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Quote examples
Bob Saget
American Actor
As soon as I go into a dark subject, like discussing the people I've loved and lost, I off-road into absurdist comedy perversion. It's both a means of protection and a kind of denial, a blessing and a curse. Wait, it's not a blessing at all. I guess it would be a bad habit and a curse.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
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Ann Druyan
American Writer
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.
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Mark Van Doren
American Poet
The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part and discuss it only with consenting adults.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.
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James Dyson
British Designer
It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.
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John Cornyn
American Politician
The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
War is a perversion of sex.
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Bob Saget
American Actor
As soon as I go into a dark subject, like discussing the people I've loved and lost, I off-road into absurdist comedy perversion. It's both a means of protection and a kind of denial, a blessing and a curse. Wait, it's not a blessing at all. I guess it would be a bad habit and a curse.
Quote examples
Werner Herzog
German Director
Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
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Ann Druyan
American Writer
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.
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Mark Van Doren
American Poet
The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part and discuss it only with consenting adults.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.
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James Dyson
British Designer
It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.
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John Cornyn
American Politician
The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
War is a perversion of sex.
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