ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Perversive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Perversive is an adjective meaning Tending to pervert.

Meaning

Tending to pervert.

Example Sentences

The late Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery had a profound influence on many designers. Provocative, and at times perversive (he once sprayed enema fluid over unsuspecting audience members),[…]
There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public. Its initial emergence and its popularity are alike due to the confounding of what is hereditary with what is acquired, and to the perversive confusion between instinct and knowledge.

Synonyms for perversive

Depending on context, synonyms include evil, wicked, corruptive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include corruptive, wicked, evil, perversed, perverse, contrary.

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