Perversion
[pə'vɜːʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); 'it was a perversion of justice'.
(noun.) an aberrant sexual practice;.
(noun.) a curve that reverses the direction of something; 'the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion'; 'perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords'.
Editor: Rhoda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
Typist: Loretta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abuse, misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, misinterpretation,caricature, sophistry
ANT:Use, conservation, representation, right, truth, portraiture, manifestation,explanation, interpretation, reason, correction, authentication, verification
Editor: Moore
Examples
- Catastrophes are disastrous to radical and conservative alike: they do not preserve what was worth maintaining; they allow a deformed and often monstrous perversion of the original plan. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Of these the first and second were extremely condensed, while the last is, as I shall now show, an absolute perversion of the facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I saw in this that I, too, was tormented by a perversion of ingenuity, even while the prize was reserved for me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Horrid perversion of Scripture and of religion! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Instead of being its transcript, it was a perversion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I do not make perversions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Nigel