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Meaning of Perverseness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية المخالفة، العناد المتعمّد عنود
Suomi kieroutuneisuus
Polski przekorność

Examples

“Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

perversion Perversions Perversities Perversity Perversive Pervert

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