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   perversity

   /pəˈvəːsɪti/

   noun

   • 1. a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness: "they responded with typical perversity" Similar contrarinessperversenessawkwardnessunreasonablenessdifficultnesswaywardnesscapriciousnesswilfulnessrefractorinessstubbornnessobstinacyobduracymulishnesspig-headednessinformal:cussednessbloody-mindednessarchaic:frowardnessunreasonablenessirrationalityillogicalitywrong-headednessirregularityinappropriateness
   • 2. the quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice; unreasonableness: "the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink"
   • 3. the quality of being sexually perverted.

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