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PERVERSITY

\pəvˈɜːsɪti], \pəvˈɜːsɪti], \p_ə_v_ˈɜː_s_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of PERVERSITY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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deliberate unruliness
deliberately deviating from what is good

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

deliberate unruliness
deliberately deviating from what is good

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The state or quality of being set against doing right; stubbornness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Perverse nature or behavior. Perverseness.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. State of being perverse; perverseness.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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