n., pl., -ties.
- The quality or state of being perverse.
- An instance of being perverse.
perversity
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per·ver·si·ty (pər-vûr'sĭ-tē) 
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n., pl., -ties.
| Thesaurus: perversity |
noun
- The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness. See resist/yield.
| WordNet: perversity |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
deliberate unruliness
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness
Meaning #2:
deliberately deviating from what is good
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