26984 words

perversion

4 definitions • 3 examples
1
sexual behaviour that is considered strange and unpleasant by most people:

Examples:

The novels of the Marquis de Sade deal with sexual perversion.
2
the changing of something so that it is not what it was or should be:

Examples:

His testimony was clearly a perversion of the truth.
4
a change in the way you behave or live that is not socially acceptable:

Examples:

[ C ] What we’re being shown here is not normal family life, it’s a perversion of that.

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