Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.

    Entwürdigung, Demütigung, Pervertierung

    извраще́ниеizvraščénije

    the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.

    Perversion, Abartigkeit

    извращённостьizvraščónnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.

    Pervertierung

  4. (countable, uncountable)A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality.

    извраще́ниеizvraščénije, перве́рсияpervérsija

    an aberrant sexual practice

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Your red cheeks give away your perversion.

    deDeine roten Wangen verraten deine Perversion. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Homosexuality is not a sexual perversion. Any psychology manual will confirm this for you.

    Гомосексуальність не є сексуальним збоченням. Будь-який посібник з психології підтвердить це для вас. — Ahha

    ruГомосексуальность не является половым извращением. Тебе подтвердит это любое пособие по психологии. — girasole

  3. We all have to commit to getting rid of this perversion to our culture.

  4. There are many sexual perversions.

  5. Harnessing electricity, said the man with the bongos, is a sinful perversion of the earth's resources.

    ruИспользование электричества, сказал человек с бонгами, греховное извращение ресурсов земли. — maks

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement:
the state of being perverted; depravity; vice:
a sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement:
the state of being perverted; depravity; vice:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English perversion.

Inherited from Middle English perversion.

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