"perversion" meaning in English

See perversion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pəˈvɜː.ʒən/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /pəɹˈvɜɹ.ʒən/ [Canada, General-American], /pəˈvøː.ʒən/ [New-Zealand], /pəɾˈvɛɾ.ʒən/ [Scotland], /pʌɾˈvɛɾ.ʒʌn/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-perversion.wav [US] Forms: perversions [plural]
enPR: pər-vûr′zhən Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən Etymology: Inherited from Middle English perversion. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:perversion|text=*}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "perversiōnis", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "thoroughly", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*peri-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "per-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "gloss" : "to turn", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wert-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wértetor", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*wertō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vertō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "pervertō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "perversiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "perversion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "perversion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="perversion"> Inherited from Middle English perversion. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} perversion (countable and uncountable, plural perversions)
  1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement): այլասերում (aylaserum) (Armenian), Entwürdigung [neuter] (German), Demütigung [neuter] (German), Pervertierung [feminine] (German), извраще́ние (izvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perversion-en-noun-tAM9ayAr Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 36 5 5 41 Synonyms: abasement, corruption, debauchment, abasement, adulteration, corruption, debasement, debauchment, defilement, depravation, depravement [archaic], impurification, perversion, pollution [rare], profanation Disambiguation of 'the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement': 77 19 1 1 3
  2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being perverted; depravity; vice): այլասերում (aylaserum) (Armenian), այլասերվածություն (aylaservacutʻyun) (Armenian), Perversion [feminine] (German), Abartigkeit [feminine] (German), διαστροφή (diastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), סְטִיָּה (stiyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), извращённость (izvraščónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perversion-en-noun-TBjC~Rpl Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, Pages using etymon with no ID, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 15 43 4 8 29 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 36 5 5 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 41 3 5 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 36 9 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 41 4 4 43 Synonyms: degeneracy, sinfulness, turpitude, baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, perversion, pollution, pravity [archaic], sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing Disambiguation of 'the state of being perverted; depravity; vice': 5 84 4 1 6
  3. Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something): Pervertierung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-perversion-en-noun-GqfzutjO Disambiguation of 'distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something': 3 16 78 1 2
  4. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality): perversion (French), διαστροφή (diastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), विपर्यास (viparyās) (Hindi), कुरुचि (kuruci) (Hindi), विकार (vikār) (Hindi), विकृति (vikŕti) (Hindi), 変態 (hentai) (Japanese), извраще́ние (izvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), перве́рсия (pervérsija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perversion-en-noun--V5Kef4t Disambiguation of 'a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality': 1 14 1 83 2
  5. (geometry) Ellipsis of tendril perversion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: tendril perversion
    Sense id: en-perversion-en-noun-SXGcA~rj Categories (other): Geometry, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 33 3 5 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 35 2 3 55 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 36 5 5 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 12 32 4 4 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 32 2 2 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 8 32 8 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 41 3 5 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 35 6 7 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 35 4 5 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 32 5 5 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 34 6 6 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 36 9 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 34 6 6 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 7 31 7 8 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 10 35 4 4 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 10 34 4 5 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 35 4 5 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 9 33 7 8 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 41 4 4 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 8 32 8 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 34 5 6 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 34 5 6 46 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: furversion, tendril perversion Related terms: perverse, perversive, pervert, perverted, pervertedness

Inflected forms

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      "links": [
        [
          "Distortion",
          "distortion#English"
        ],
        [
          "corruption",
          "corruption"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "normophilia"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "abnormal",
          "abnormal"
        ],
        [
          "deviance",
          "deviance"
        ],
        [
          "immorality",
          "immorality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tendril perversion"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "en:Geometry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of tendril perversion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "tendril perversion",
          "tendril perversion#English:_Q17103963"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) Ellipsis of tendril perversion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "ellipsis",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pər-vûr′zhən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈvɜː.ʒən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəɹˈvɜɹ.ʒən/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-perversion.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈvøː.ʒən/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəɾˈvɛɾ.ʒən/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʌɾˈvɛɾ.ʒʌn/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)ʒən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "aylaserum",
      "sense": "the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement",
      "word": "այլասերում"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Entwürdigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Demütigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pervertierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "izvraščénije",
      "sense": "the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "aylaserum",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "word": "այլասերում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "aylaservacutʻyun",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "word": "այլասերվածություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Perversion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abartigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "diastrofí",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστροφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "stiyá",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סְטִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "izvraščónnostʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being perverted; depravity; vice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "извращённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pervertierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "perversion"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "diastrofí",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστροφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "viparyās",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "विपर्यास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "kuruci",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "कुरुचि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "vikār",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "विकार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "vikŕti",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "विकृति"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "hentai",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "word": "変態"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "izvraščénije",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pervérsija",
      "sense": "a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перве́рсия"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perversion"
}

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