perversion
Collocations
4ADJ.
manual, sexual, sinful, wilful
VERB + PERVERSION
give, rid
PERVERSION + NOUN
culture, earth's, psychology
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
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.
A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
Tendril perversion.
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5After 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 ha
WiktionaryHarnessing electricity, said the man with the bongos, is a sinful perversion of the earth's resources.
Tatoeba · #697790Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
Tatoeba · #2826695Homosexuality is not a sexual perversion. Any psychology manual will confirm this for you.
Tatoeba · #8352712We all have to commit to getting rid of this perversion to our culture.
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