perversity

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/

Definition of perversity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being perverse.
    “Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being perverse.
    “Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Something which is perverse.
    “More generally, for the ULD property to hold, the substitution effects (which are always well behaved) must be large enough to overcome possible “perversities” coming from the wealth effects.”
    ““Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!””

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Etymology

From perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās.

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