perversion
noun/pəˈvɜːʃn/
/pərˈvɜːrʒn/
[uncountable, countable]- behaviour that is thought to be strange and not acceptable, especially when it is connected with sex; an example of this type of behaviour
- sexual perversion
- sadomasochistic perversions
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- the act of changing something that is good or right into something that is bad or wrong; the result of this
- the perversion of justice
- Her account was a perversion of the truth.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere ‘turn about’, from per- ‘thoroughly, to ill effect’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
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