perversion

See also: perversión

English

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PERVERSION perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

perversion (countable and uncountable, plural perversions)Category:English lemmas#PERVERSIONCategory:English nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:English countable nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:English countable nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with entries#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PERVERSION

  1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
    Synonyms: abasement, corruption, debauchment; see also Thesaurus:corruption
  2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
    Synonyms: degeneracy, sinfulness, turpitude; see also Thesaurus:iniquity
  3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
  4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
    Antonym: normophilia
  5. (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#PERVERSION) Tendril perversion.

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Finnish

Noun

perversionCategory:Finnish non-lemma forms#PERVERSIONCategory:Finnish noun forms#PERVERSIONCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with entries#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PERVERSION

  1. genitive singular of perversio

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#PERVERSIONCategory:French learned borrowings from Latin#PERVERSIONCategory:French terms derived from Latin#PERVERSION perversiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

perversion f (plural perversions)Category:French lemmas#PERVERSIONCategory:French nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:French countable nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PERVERSIONCategory:French feminine nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with entries#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PERVERSION

  1. perversion
    Synonym: perversité

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

perversion cCategory:Swedish lemmas#PERVERSIONCategory:Swedish nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PERVERSIONCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with entries#PERVERSIONCategory:Pages with 4 entries#PERVERSION

  1. (countableCategory:Swedish countable nouns#PERVERSION, uncountableCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#PERVERSION) perversion (especially sexual perversion)

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References

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