perversion

Example Sentences

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“The group’s motto, ‘go and sin some more,’ is a perversion of Jesus’s command to ‘go, and sin no more.’

From Washington Times

The petition argued that she was not transgender, but suffered from a sexual perversion that caused “confusion” about her gender.

From New York Times

A resolution approved by the Tennessee Baptist Convention depicted gender dysphoria as a “sexual perversion.”

From Seattle Times

Another woman wearing a red “Make Men Lions Again” hat touched off heated exchanges by claiming the event was nothing short of “perversion” and “child abuse.”

From Los Angeles Times

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon