noun
- the quality of being deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative
- a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way
Examples
- The child’s perversity made him refuse help even when he clearly needed it.
- She showed remarkable perversity in rejecting every reasonable suggestion.
- His perversity led him to argue against ideas he actually agreed with.
- The committee’s perversity in blocking the popular proposal surprised everyone.
- There was a certain perversity in choosing the most difficult path available.
- Her perversity manifested as a refusal to follow any established rules.