PERVERSION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
    Usage Example(s)
    • it was a perversion of justice
    Hypernyms(s) perversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) perversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a curve that reverses the direction of something
    Usage Example(s)
    • the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion
    • perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords
    Hypernyms(s) perversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower