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Definition of Perversion
1. Noun. A curve that reverses the direction of something. "Perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"
2. Noun. An aberrant sexual practice.
Specialized synonyms: Paraphilia, Anal Intercourse, Anal Sex, Buggery, Sodomy, Head, Oral Sex
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
3. Noun. The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use). "It was a perversion of justice"
Definition of Perversion
1. 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.
Definition of Perversion
1. Noun. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being perverted; depravity; viciousness. ¹
3. Noun. A sexual practice or act considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality. ¹
4. Noun. An instance of such abnormal activity or behaviour; rape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perversion
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Medical Definition of Perversion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perversion
Literary usage of Perversion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"Perversion may further take the form of homo-sexuality, that is, ... These different
forms of perversion have also been classed as varieties of sexual ..."
2. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"Perversion of a design does not disprove the reality of the design; nor the fact
that such perversion was foreseen; nor that the perversion is universal. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"SEXUAL Perversion IN A FEMALE.—Dr. Kiernan {Detroit Lancet, May, 1884,) reports
the following case of sexual perversion in a twenty-two-year-old girl who ..."
4. Handbook of the Law of Torts by Heman Gerald Chapin (1917)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE OBSTRUCTION AND Perversion OF LEGAL REMEDIES 99. ... Perversion of
Legal Remedies—Malicious Prosecution. 101. Malicious Use and Abuse of ..."
5. The Problem of problems, and its various solutions, or, Atheism, Darwinism by Clark Braden (1879)
"It Religion a Perversion of Man's Naturel object of veneration, ... Then to
establish his position that religion is a perversion of an element in man's ..."
6. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin, John Allen (1816)
"The Power of the Church respecting Articles of Faith, and its licentious Perversion
under the Papacy to the Corruption of all Purity of Doctrine. ..."
7. Sermons Preached at Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1899)
"Perversion, as shown in Balaam's Character. " Shall we receive good at the hand
of God, and shall we not receive evil?" There is one objection may be made ..."