C2nounformalpsychologyemotions
US/pərˈvɜːr.sə.ti/
UK/pəˈvɜː.sə.ti/
the habit of deliberately doing the opposite of what is reasonable or wanted
In context
Out of sheer perversity, he chose the one restaurant everyone else disliked.
There is a certain perversity in praising a film you have not seen.
The perversity of the rules left many honest workers worse off.
Words that go with perversity
adjective + noun
- sheer perversityHe refused out of sheer perversity.
- human perversityThe novel explores human perversity.
noun + preposition
- out of perversityShe disagreed out of perversity.
- perversity of fateThe perversity of fate struck again.
- a streak of perversityHe has a streak of perversity.