Synonyms for perversion
pərˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənper·ver·sion

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1. perversion

   Synonyms:
   abuse, misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, misinterpretation, caricature, sophistry

   Antonyms:
   use, conservation, representation, right, truth, portraiture, manifestation, explanation, interpretation, reason, correction, authentication, verification

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1. perversionnoun

   a curve that reverses the direction of something

   "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

   Synonyms:
   sexual perversion

2. perversion, sexual perversionnoun

   an aberrant sexual practice;

   Synonyms:
   sexual perversion

3. perversionnoun

   the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

   "it was a perversion of justice"

   Synonyms:
   sexual perversion

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1. • Curve
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1. perversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement

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1. perversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   debasement, vitiation, corruption, falsification

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1. List of paraphrases for "perversion":

   perversity, depravity, debauchery, distortion

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How to use perversion in a sentence?

1. Geoffrey Berman:

   It shows a moral perversion on the part of Acosta himself.

2. John Wayne:

   Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don't trust ambiguity.

3. Phil Robertson:

   When a fellow like me looks at the landscape and sees the depravity, the perversion -- redefining marriage and telling us that marriage is not between a man and a woman? Come on Iowa! it is nonsense. It is evil. It's wicked. It's sinful.

4. Edward Dahlberg:

   Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as sexual perversion and they are nowise different from one another.

5. Elizabeth Johnston:

   This has nothing to do with homophobia, this is about parents protecting their children from perversion.