Perversity
noun
The quality of being strange or unnatural in a way that is not pleasant or acceptable.
Despite his talents, his perversity often held him back from achieving his true potential.
Often appears as...
- stunning perversity
- acts of perversity
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Disapproving
noun
A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
It was pure perversity that led her to contradict every statement he made.
Often appears as...
- pure perversity
- sheer perversity
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The quality of being strange or unnatural in a way that is not pleasant or acceptable.
Despite his talents, his perversity often held him back from achieving his true potential.
Often appears as...
- stunning perversity
- acts of perversity
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
It was pure perversity that led her to contradict every statement he made.
Often appears as...
- pure perversity
- sheer perversity
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversity often implies negative judgment and disapproval toward something that's abnormal.
The artist's perversity shocked the conservative audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Unpleasant Unnaturalness
Use 'perversity' when describing something that is both unusual and unwelcome.
The novel's villain displayed a perversity that made readers uneasy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is considered perversity can vary greatly between different cultures, be mindful of context.
Travelers often misunderstand local customs, mistaking cultural differences for perversity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversity often implies negative judgment and disapproval toward something that's abnormal.
The artist's perversity shocked the conservative audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Unpleasant Unnaturalness
Use 'perversity' when describing something that is both unusual and unwelcome.
The novel's villain displayed a perversity that made readers uneasy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is considered perversity can vary greatly between different cultures, be mindful of context.
Travelers often misunderstand local customs, mistaking cultural differences for perversity.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Perversity often implies negative judgment and disapproval toward something that's abnormal.
The artist's perversity shocked the conservative audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Unpleasant Unnaturalness
Use 'perversity' when describing something that is both unusual and unwelcome.
The novel's villain displayed a perversity that made readers uneasy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is considered perversity can vary greatly between different cultures, be mindful of context.
Travelers often misunderstand local customs, mistaking cultural differences for perversity.
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Quote examples
Andrew Ross Sorkin
American Journalist
Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved!
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Clifford D. Simak
American Writer
Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years?
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Anne Bronte
British Novelist
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.
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Anthony Trollope
English Author
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
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Uddhav Thackeray
Politicization of Sushant Singh Rajput's death was cheap politics... worse than perversity.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
American Journalist
Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved!
Quote examples
Clifford D. Simak
American Writer
Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years?
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Anne Bronte
British Novelist
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.
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Anthony Trollope
English Author
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
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Uddhav Thackeray
Politicization of Sushant Singh Rajput's death was cheap politics... worse than perversity.
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