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perversity

pɝr'vɝrsʌti

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noun
deliberately deviating from what is good
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"there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"

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perverseness

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evilness evil
noun
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
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contrariness perverseness

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willfulness unruliness wilfulness fractiousness

Examples of perversity

"there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"