PERVERSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

Example:

it was a perversion of justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Derivation:

pervert (change the inherent purpose or function of something)

Meaning:

An aberrant sexual practice

Synonyms:

perversion; sexual perversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perversion"):

paraphilia (abnormal sexual activity)

anal intercourse; anal sex; buggery; sodomy (intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman)

head; oral sex (oral stimulation of the genitals)

Meaning:

A curve that reverses the direction of something

Example:

perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)