perversion
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Redford derided not only crookedness, but the perversion of procedure and hard work that resulted in the privileged mounting their success on the backs of others.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2025
Advocates say the technology simply takes the principle of efficient pricing to its logical extreme; critics say it’s unfair, discriminatory and a perversion of free-market capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
The French psychodrama “Madeleine Collins” feels like a domesticated version of a Hitchcock movie, with all the frenzied longing and perversion leashed up and reined in.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2023
Mawlawi last year took a decision to ban events "promoting sexual perversion" in Lebanon, understood to refer to LGBT-friendly gatherings.
From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2023
Since each of the three superstates is unconquerable, each is in effect a separate universe within which almost any perversion of thought can be safely practiced.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Vocabulary lists containing perversion
"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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"Oedipus the King" by Sophocles
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