perversity

🇺🇸 /pərˈvɜːrsəti/ 🇬🇧 /pəˈvɜːsəti/
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noun
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A stubborn insistence on doing something that most people think is wrong or unreasonable.

His perversity led him to make a decision that no one else agreed with.

translation

n. A stubborn insistence on doing something that most people think is wrong or unreasonable.

Word Forms

Plural perversities