What does perversity mean?
Perversity means The quality of being perverse..
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/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ · noun
The quality of being perverse..
Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity.
More generally, for the ULD property to hold, the substitution effects (which are always well behaved) must be large enough to overcome possible “perversities” coming from the wealth effects.
“Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!”
Use perversity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perversity means The quality of being perverse..
Common synonyms include contrariness, perverseness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity.
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