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Synonyms for perversity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-vur-si-tee
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈvɜr sɪ ti

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Définition of perversity

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Middle French perversité "depravity, degeneracy" (12c.), from Latin perversitatem (nominative perversitas) "forwardness, untowardness," from perversus (see perverse).
  • noun obstinacy
Example sentences :
  • Perversity, inconsistency—but it was her nature, and she could not overcome it.
  • Extract from : « One Man in His Time » by Ellen Glasgow
  • Perversity haunts the garden, and the dock always grows as near as possible to some plant that you value.
  • Extract from : « The New Gulliver and Other Stories » by Barry Pain
  • Perversity prompted her answer, but at once she remembered Crewe, and turned away in annoyance.
  • Extract from : « In the Year of Jubilee » by George Gissing
  • "Perversity is the only thing that makes this rotten life worth living," retorted Bakkus.
  • Extract from : « The Mountebank » by William J. Locke

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