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perversion

noun [C or U]
 
 
/pəˈvɜː.ʒən/ US  /pɚˈvɝː-/ disapproving

Definition

sexual behaviour that is considered strange and unpleasant by most people: The novels of the Marquis de Sade deal with sexual perversion.Sexual activity in generalPhysical and sexual assault and abduction the changing of something so that it is not what it was or should be: His testimony was clearly a perversion of the truth.Change and changes
(Definition of perversion noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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