perversity
/pərˈvɜrsəti/
noun
- The quality of deliberately behaving in a way that is unreasonable or contrary to what is expected or desired.
- The child's perversity showed when he refused to eat his favorite meal just because his mother asked him to.
- Her perversity made her argue against the plan even though she secretly agreed with it.
- Some people act out of pure perversity, choosing the opposite of what is sensible.
- A stubborn or contrary attitude or action.
- His perversity in refusing to wear a coat in the freezing rain worried his friends.
- I don't understand the perversity of driving an extra mile just to avoid making a U-turn.
- The team's perversity led them to reject a perfectly good strategy.
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