PERVERSION
\pəvˈɜːʃən], \pəvˈɜːʃən], \p_ə_v_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PERVERSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
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a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
By Oddity Software
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The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of perverting: a diverting from the true object: a turning from truth or propriety: misapplication.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One of the four modifications of function in disease: the three others being augmentation, diminution, and abolition. The humourists used this term also to designate disorder or morbid change in the fluids.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of perverting;—act of diverting from the true end, object, or interest;—a wresting of the true sense or meaning; misinterpretation of a man's utterance;—alienation from right principles or moral duty; change for the worse in character or conduct; deterioration.
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