PERVERSITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Deliberately deviating from what is good

Example:

there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism

Synonyms:

perverseness; perversity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)

Derivation:

perverse (deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good)

Meaning:

Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

Synonyms:

contrariness; perverseness; perversity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)

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

cussedness; orneriness (meanspirited disagreeable contrariness)

Derivation:

perverse (resistant to guidance or discipline)