perversity

CEFRB2

/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Deliberate unreasonable behavior or stubborn opposition.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something which is perverse.

Examples

  • She did it out of sheer perversity to annoy him.

  • The perversity of human nature was a theme.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The quality of being perverse.

More examples

In context

  • The perversity of the situation was frustrating.

  • 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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Origin

noun

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