Thesaurus / perversion
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Under Lynch’s guidance, the underlying strangeness of Dune was able to thrive in all of its beauty and perversion.
WHY FILMMAKERS FROM DAVID LYNCH TO DENIS VILLENEUVE HAVE STRUGGLED TO ADAPT DUNESARAH KURCHAKOCTOBER 20, 2021TIMEThe film falls squarely in that stretch of years when Hollywood had fallen under the heel of the Production Code, which, starting in 1934 forbade, among other obscenities, “any inference of sex perversion.”
‘ALL ABOUT EVE’ AT 70TOM JOUDREYSEPTEMBER 25, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEPerversion is morbid alteration of function which may occur in emotional, intellectual, or volitional fields.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY FOR NURSESMARY F. PORTERPerversion, misuse and abuse of our human powers should give us cause enough to be ashamed.
THE PURSUIT OF GODA. W. TOZERPerversion—prolixity, repetition, and excessive amplification.
THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYO. S. FOWLERPerversion—drinking in excessive quantities; drunkenness; and unquenchable thirst.
THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYO. S. FOWLERPerversion—superstition; witchcraft; and with Cautiousness large, fear of ghosts.
THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYO. S. FOWLERPerversion—excessive fondness for music to the neglect of other things.
THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYO. S. FOWLERPerversion is the keynote of all the debased forms of Gnosticism.
SECRET SOCIETIES AND SUBVERSIVE MOVEMENTSNESTA H. WEBSTERWORDS RELATED TO PERVERSION
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- spuriousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
- carnality
- corruption
- debasement
- debauchery
- decay
- degeneracy
- depravity
- evil
- evildoing
- ill
- immorality
- indecency
- iniquity
- lechery
- lewdness
- libidinousness
- licentiousness
- looseness
- lubricity
- lust
- maleficence
- malignance
- offense
- perversion
- profligacy
- rot
- sensuality
- squalor
- transgression
- trespass
- venality
- wickedness
- wrong
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