different between perversion vs pravity

English

Etymology

From Latin perversio, from pervertere (“corrupt”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)??n

Noun

perversion (countable and uncountable, plural perversions)

1. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
2. The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
3. A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
4. (geometry) Tendril perversion.

Antonyms

• normophilia

Related terms

• perverse
• pervert
• perverted
• pervertedness

Translations

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} perversie (nl)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} pervêrzija f
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} sap?kl?k (tr) sapk?nl?k (tr)

Anagrams

• overripens

Finnish

Noun

perversion

1. Genitive singular form of perversio.

French

Etymology

From Latin perversi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.v??.sj??/

Noun

perversion f (plural perversions)

1. perversion

Related terms

• pervertir

Further reading

• “perversion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French pravité, and its source, Latin pr?vit?s (“crookedness; depravity”), from pr?vus (“prave”).

Noun

pravity (countable and uncountable, plural pravities)

1. (now rare, archaic) perversion, depravity; wickedness. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

• parvity