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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline;
[syn: contrariness, perversity, perverseness]

2. deliberately deviating from what is good;
- Example: "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
[syn: perversity, perverseness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perverseness \Per*verse"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some
   perverseness." --Donne.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perverseness
    n 1: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to
         guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity,
         perverseness]
    2: deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always
       be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain
       satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" [syn: perversity,
       perverseness]