PERVERSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does perversion mean?
• PERVERSION (noun)
The noun PERVERSION has 3 senses:
1. a curve that reverses the direction of something
2. an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
3. the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
Familiarity information: PERVERSION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PERVERSION (noun)
Meaning:
A curve that reverses the direction of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Context examples:
the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion / perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Meaning:
An aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sexual perversion; perversion
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perversion"):
paraphilia (abnormal sexual activity)
anal intercourse; anal sex; buggery; sodomy (intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman)
head; oral sex (oral stimulation of the genitals)
Meaning:
The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
it was a perversion of justice
Hypernyms ("perversion" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
