Synonyms for perverseness
per·verse·ness

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1. contrariness, perversity, perversenessnoun

   deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

   Synonyms:
   crotchetiness, grumpiness, perversity, crankiness, contrariness

2. perversity, perversenessnoun

   deliberately deviating from what is good

   "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"

   Synonyms:
   perversity, contrariness

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1. • Evil
   • Unruliness

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1. perversenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity

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1. Jane Austen:

   But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.