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perverseness

DEFINITIONS OF: perverseness

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n deliberately deviating from what is good

Synonyms:
perversity
Type of:
evil, evilness
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

n deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

Synonyms:
contrariness, perversity
Types:
cussedness, orneriness
meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Type of:
fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness
the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
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