perversion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a curve that reverses the direction of something
the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion
Types & categories
- curve hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an aberrant sexual practice;
Types & categories
- sexual activity hypernym
- paraphilia hyponym
- sodomy hyponym
- oral sex hyponym
Sense 3 noun
the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
it was a perversion of justice
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
Related & opposite
- abuse derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curve |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual activity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraphilia |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodomy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | oral sex |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abuse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |