perversity
(noun)
noun
1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Similar word(s): contrariness, perverseness
Definition categories: attribute, fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness
2. deliberately deviating from what is good
- there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
Similar word(s): perverseness