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Synonyms of perversity in English:

perversity


See US English definition of perversity

See UK English definition of perversity

noun

1‘some streak of perversity made her refuse his offer’

SYNONYMS
contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness, unreasonableness, difficultness, waywardness, capriciousness, wilfulness, refractoriness, stubbornness, obstinacy, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness
informal cussedness
British informal bloody-mindedness
archaic frowardness

2‘the perversity of the decision’

SYNONYMS
unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, wrong-headedness, irregularity, inappropriateness