English Explanatory Dictionary

perversion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
  2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
  3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
  4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
  5. Tendril perversion.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

perversion perversions

Etymology

From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”).

Synonyms

abasement corruption debauchment adulteration debasement defilement depravation depravement impurification perversion pollution profanation degeneracy sinfulness turpitude baseness degradation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability pravity sin vitiation wickedness wrongdoing

Antonyms

normophilia

Related words

perverse pervert perverted pervertedness

Derived words

furversion
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