perversion
per vur zhuhn
- n a curve that reverses the direction of something
the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion
perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords - n an aberrant sexual practice;
- n the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
it was a perversion of justice
- Fishbein means that the phenomenon can't be simply a big-city, left-wing perversion; a good many of those renters, those consumers of hotel porn, have to be red-staters.
- In what amounted to a perversion of the traditional doctor's creed of "first, do no harm," the medical system at the prison became an instrument of abuse, by design and by neglect.
- Exposed to perversion from a young age, it may prove difficult for them to navigate future romantic relationships.