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perversity

[per-vur-si-tee]

noun, plural per·ver·si·ties for 2.

the state or quality of being perverse.

an instance of this.

Origin:
1520–30; < Latin perversitās. See perverse, -ity

Related forms

non·per·ver·si·ty, noun, plural non·per·ver·si·ties.

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perversity (pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	the quality or state of being perverse
2.	a perverse action, comment, etc

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"So of the three methods: reason, sense, or a knowing combination of both, the last seems the least like a winner, the second problematic; only the first has some slim chance of succeeding through sheer perversity, which is possibly the only way to succeed at all."

-John Ashbery

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