perversion
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7.9
- noun
- /pərˈvɜrʒən/
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perversión
- Other critics damned it as unrepresentative, a perversion of truth, and the product of a diseased mind.
- perversion of truth
- perversion of science
- perversion of language
You can have corruption or perversion of institutions.
- You can have corruption or perversion of institutions.
- It is not your will to make your own perversion instead of the peace of God.
- We talked about the essence of justice and its perversion.
- But the real damage was the perversion of economic management, of economic decision making.
- Existence is really the perversion of every determinateness into its opposite, right?
Examples
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But the real damage was the perversion of economic management, of economic decision making.
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In this context, demagoguery is not only a discursive strategy but also a perversion of constitutional forms.
Academic text (1997) -
Somewhere, a perversion has taken place.
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This is a perversion of every natural law.
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No. it's a perversion of history.
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You can have corruption or perversion of institutions.
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Perversion is rampant in our society.
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Doesn't it bother anyone that this is a perversion of democracy?
Fiction book (2001) -
The project Neuhaus describes is a perversion of Jefferson's understanding of classical ethics.
Academic text (1991) -
The new policy was seen as a perversion of the principles of justice and fairness.
Synonyms
58
5.8
To change something secretly to get an advantage or cause harm
26
5.0
A change in shape or appearance that makes things look less accurate
17
8.8
A wrong way of thinking that affects how a person acts
4
8.0
To try to make someone less honest or loyal
3
9.3
Making something worse by adding bad parts or changing it
1
7.7
Making food or medicine worse by adding something else
1
9.9
A state in which people or a society stop caring about right and wrong and behave badly
1
8.0
Damage to the look of something that makes it seem broken or ugly
An altered and often distorted form of a text or story
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
2
9.1
Sexual behavior that most societies see as not normal or not acceptable
How Distorted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perversion comes from the Latin parts per- 'away' and vertere 'to turn', the same root you see in reverse and convert, so it literally means a 'turning away'. That's why we call something a perversion when it is twisted or used the wrong way from its original purpose.