Meaning & use
Perversity
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A deliberate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable, unacceptable, or contrary to what is expected.
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Out of sheer perversity, he argued the opposite of what he actually believed.
The novel explores the perversity of human nature under extreme pressure.
A note on using this word
Often used to describe behavior that seems deliberately contrary just for the sake of being difficult.
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Words with an opposite meaning
reasonableness
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