perversion

See also: Perversion and perversión

English

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle English perversion.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: pər-vûr′zhən
    • (Received Pronunciation, Australia) IPA(key): /pəˈvɜː.ʒən/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /pəɹˈvɜɹ.ʒən/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /pəˈvøː.ʒən/
    • (Scotland) IPA(key): /pəɾˈvɛɾ.ʒən/, /pʌɾˈvɛɾ.ʒʌn/
    • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
    • Hyphenation: per‧ver‧sion

    Noun

    perversion (countable and uncountable, plural perversions)

    1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
      Synonyms: abasement, corruption, debauchment; see also Thesaurus:corruption
    2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
      Synonyms: degeneracy, sinfulness, turpitude, warp; see also Thesaurus:iniquity
    3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
      • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 61–62:
        After all, the great error in human judgment is not so much wilful perversion, as that we judge according to situation, and always make that situation our own ; while the chances are, that we really have not one thought, feeling, or habit, in common with those on whom we yet think ourselves qualified to decide.
    4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality.
      Antonym: normophilia
    5. (geometry) Ellipsis of tendril perversion.

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    Danish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin perversiōnis, from pervertere. Compare pervers.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [pæɐ̯.væɐ̯ˈɕoˀn]
      • Rhymes: -on
      • Hyphenation: per‧ver‧sion

      Noun

      perversion c (singular definite perversionen, plural indefinite perversioner)

      1. perversion
        Hyponym: yndlingsperversion
        seksuel perversion ― sexual perversion

      Declension

      Declension of perversion
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative perversion perversionen perversioner perversionerne
      genitive perversions perversionens perversioners perversionernes

      Further reading

      Finnish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈperʋersion/, [ˈpe̞rʋe̞rˌs̠io̞n]
      • Rhymes: -ion
      • Syllabification(key): per‧ver‧si‧on
      • Hyphenation(key): per‧ver‧si‧on

      Noun

      perversion

      1. genitive singular of perversio

      French

      Etymology

        Learned borrowing from Latin perversiōnis.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
        • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
        • Hyphenation: per‧ver‧sion

        Noun

        perversion f (plural perversions)

        1. perversion
          Synonym: perversité

        Further reading

        Interlingua

        Etymology

          Borrowed from English perversion, French perversion, Italian perversióne, Spanish perversión and Portuguese perversão; all from Latin perversiōnis. Compare German Perversion and Russian перве́рсия (pervérsija). By surface analysis, pervers- +‎ -ion.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /per.verˈsjon/
          • Rhymes: -on
          • Hyphenation: per‧ver‧sion

          Noun

          perversion (plural perversions)

          1. perversion

          Middle English

          Etymology

            Learned borrowing from Latin perversiōnis.

            Noun

            perversion (plural perversions)

            1. perversion

            Descendants

            • > English: perversion

            Further reading

            Occitan

            Etymology

              Ultimately from Latin perversiōnis.

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              perversion f (plural perversions)

              1. perversion

              Further reading

              • Honnorat, Simon-Jude (1847), Dictionnaire Provençal-Français (tome 2, P-Z)‎[1] (in French), Repos, page 863

              Swedish

              Etymology

                Learned borrowing from Latin perversiōnis.

                Noun

                perversion c

                1. (countable, uncountable) perversion (a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality)

                Declension

                Declension of perversion
                nominative genitive
                singular indefinite perversion perversions
                definite perversionen perversionens
                plural indefinite perversioner perversioners
                definite perversionerna perversionernas

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                References

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