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   perversion

   /pəˈvəːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something: "the thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth" Similar distortionmisrepresentationfalsificationtravestymisinterpretationmisconstructiontwistingcorruptionsubversionmisusemisapplicationdebasement
   • 2. sexual behaviour that is considered abnormal and unacceptable: "his book revolutionized ideas about sexual perversion" Similar deviancedeviancydeviationunnaturalnesscorruptiondepravitydegeneracydebaucheryvicewickednessimmoralityaberrationabnormalityperversityirregularityinformal:kinkiness

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin perversio(n-), from the verb pervertere ‘turn about’ (see pervert).

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