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The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being.
Tony Kushner

Meaning of "perversion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERVERSION

perversion  [pəˈvɜːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERVERSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perversion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERVERSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

perversion

Perversion

Perversion is a type of human behavior that deviates from that which is understood to be orthodox or normal. Although the term perversion can refer to a variety of forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are considered particularly abnormal, repulsive or obsessive. Perversion differs from deviant behavior, in that the latter covers areas of behavior for which perversion would be too strong a term. It is often considered derogatory, and, in psychological literature, the term paraphilia has been used as a replacement, though this term is controversial, and deviation is sometimes used in its place.

Definition of perversion in the English dictionary

The first definition of perversion in the dictionary is any abnormal means of obtaining sexual satisfaction. Other definition of perversion is the act of perverting or the state of being perverted. Perversion is also a perverted form or usage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERVERSION


animadversion
ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʃən
anteversion
ˌæntɪˈvɜːʃən
antisubversion
æntɪsəbˈvɜːʃən
aversion
əˈvɜːʃən
bioconversion
ˌbaɪəʊkənˈvɜːʃən
conversion
kənˈvɜːʃən
diversion
daɪˈvɜːʃən
extraversion
ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːʃən
extroversion
ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːʃən
interconversion
ˌɪntəkənˈvɜːʃən
introversion
ˌɪntrəˈvɜːʃən
inversion
ɪnˈvɜːʃən
lateroversion
ˌlætərəʊˈvɜːʃən
reconversion
ˌriːkənˈvɜːʃən
retroversion
ˌrɛtrəʊˈvɜːʃən
reversion
rɪˈvɜːʃən
seroconversion
ˌsɪərəʊkənˈvɜːʃən
subversion
səbˈvɜːʃən
transversion
trænzˈvɜːʃən
version
ˈvɜːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERVERSION

pervade
pervader
pervading
pervasion
pervasive
pervasively
pervasiveness
perverse
perversely
perverseness
perversities
perversity
perversive
pervert
perverted
pervertedly
pervertedness
perverter
pervertible
perviate

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERVERSION

American Standard Version
aspersion
barn conversion
commission
cover version
dispersion
emersion
energy conversion
eversion
excursion
immersion
incursion
King James Version
recursion
Revised Standard Version
Revised Version
submersion
the Authorized Version
the Dispersion
the King James Version
torsion

Synonyms and antonyms of perversion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERVERSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «perversion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of perversion

Translation of «perversion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERVERSION

Find out the translation of perversion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perversion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perversion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性变态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perversión
570 millions of speakers

English

perversion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विकृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشذوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

извращение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perversão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বেচ্ছাচারিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perversion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyimpangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Perversion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変態行為
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성적 도착
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perversion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lạc đường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வக்கிரத்துடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विकृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sapıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perversione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perwersja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перекручення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perversiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαστροφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perversie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvridning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perversjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perversion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERVERSION»

The term «perversion» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.573 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERVERSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «perversion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «perversion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perversion

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10 QUOTES WITH «PERVERSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word perversion.
1
Joseph Addison
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
2
John Cornyn
The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.
3
Ann Druyan
Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science.
4
Robert Graves
What we now call 'finance' is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.
5
Molly Ivins
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
6
Leon Kass
Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children.
7
Tony Kushner
The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being.
8
H. P. Lovecraft
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
9
Harvey Milk
More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
10
Harvey Milk
The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERVERSION»

Discover the use of perversion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perversion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perversion: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Approach to the Subject
In Perversion, Stephanie Swales provides a close reading (a qualitative hermeneutic reading) of what Lacan said about perversion and its substructures (i.e., fetishism, voyeurism, exhibitionism, sadism, and masochism).
Stephanie S. Swales, 2012
2
Perversion: Psychoanalytic Perspectives/perspectives on ...
This bi-partite collection of essays offers a series of perspectives on perversion by a range of psychoanalytic practitioners and theorists, and a selection of papers by scholars from related fields who work with, or critique, ...
Dany Nobus, Lisa Downing, 2006
3
Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred
This is done not only by changing the terms to ones with less severe implications but by trying to show that there are no (or very few) states that fit the nasty connotations of "perversion".
Robert J. Stoller, 1986
4
Perversion: A Jungian Approach
Theoretical understanding of perversion is neglected in analytical psychology, and narrowly developed in psychoanalysis, where it traditionally refers to sexual perversion.
Fiona Ross, 2013
5
Perversion and Utopia: A Study in Psychoanalysis and ...
Itexpands on these books, however, because of the author's remarkable grasp not only of psychoanalyticstudies but also of the contemporary critical climate; Whitebook, a philosopher and a psychoanalyst,writes with equal facility on both ...
Joel Whitebook, 1996
6
Our Dark Side: A History of Perversion
Whether they are sublime because they turn to art or mysticism, or abject because they surrender to their murderous impulses, the perverse are part of us because they exhibit something that we always conceal: our own negativity and our dark ...
Elisabeth Roudinesco, 2013
7
Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, the author presents the dynamics of sexual abuse both from the victim's point of view and from the priest's; probes why the Church hierarchy, fellow priests, and lay people were silent for so long ...
Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, 2007
8
Battling the Spirit of Perversion
This resource can help readers understand how and where the spirit of perversion was birthed, how to identify one's weapons of warfare, and how to break down some of the most common practices of perversion in society. (Christian)
Anastasia "Stacie" Peart, 2008
9
The Historiographic Perversion
Genocide, this book makes us see, is in one sense the destruction of the archive. It relies on the historiographic perversion.
Marc Nichanian, 2013
10
Perversion for Profit: The Politics of Pornography and the ...
Whitney Strub illustrates the crucial function of pornography in constructing the New Right agenda, which emphasized social issues over racial and economic inequality.
Whitney Strub, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERVERSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perversion is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Evangelical Church of the WI passes 'resolution opposing same-sex …
... and transgender) community or anyone who practices any form of homosexuality and any other perversion of biblically unacceptable sexual ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
2
Ohio NORML ousts leader for supporting ResponsibleOhio
He said Ryan's support of the marijuana initiative was “a perversion of the NORML name” on behalf of ResponsibleOhio. “ResponsibleOhio ... «Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, Jul 15»
3
Too far out front
... majority of Americans don't support “the kind of wickedness and perversion that's happening in our pop culture.” And, as he frequently does, ... «The Register-Guard, Jul 15»
4
Rewriting Southeast San Diego
#Edison: Reclaiming the Community is about reclaiming the narrative [of Southeast San Diego]; there's a lot of media perversion of what ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
5
Fifty, rich and drinking too much
So now I've got a new regime, a perversion of the 5:2 diet. I drink on only two days every week, and for five days nothing more dangerous than ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
A prologue to a farce or a tragedy
What new event or emotional experience that may occur in the future, that might be based on illusion or perversion of fact, but possibly ... «The City Wire, Jul 15»
7
Miley Cyrus Hits The Road To A Restaurant In Just A Shirt And …
Isn't it a depiction of the height of perversion or some new term you can give? Let us know your opinions what you think about her in the ... «Movie News Guide, Jul 15»
8
Boy Scouts releasing new 'perversion files' after blockbuster court …
HACKENSACK — Four former Boy Scouts suing the Boy Scouts of America over alleged abuse by their troop leader have won the release of ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
Adults and gentlemen
Is buying and selling sex a mark of adulthood or of irresponsible perversion? What is so gentlemanly and dignified in exploiting others, ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
Same-Sex Marriage in Israel: Quotes From Heated Debate
Homosexuality is not a perversion, and everyone has the right to a relationship with whoever they want.” — Reuven Rivlin, past Knesset ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Perversion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/perversion>. May 2024 ».
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