Depravity vs. Perversion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Depravity and Perversion
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Depravity
Moral corruption or degradation.
Perversion
Perversion is a form of human behavior which deviates from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Although the term perversion can refer to a variety of forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are considered particularly abnormal, repulsive or obsessive.
Depravity
A depraved act or condition.
Perversion
The act of perverting.
Depravity
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
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Perversion
The state of being perverted.
Depravity
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
Perversion
A sexual practice or act considered abnormal or deviant.
Depravity
Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
Perversion
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
Depravity
The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle.
Perversion
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
Depravity
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
The luxury and corruption among the upper classes
Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
Its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity
Perversion
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
Depravity
A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;
The various turpitudes of modern society
Perversion
A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
Perversion
(geometry) Tendril perversion.
Perversion
The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
Perversion
A curve that reverses the direction of something;
The tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion
Perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords
Perversion
An aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
Perversion
The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use);
It was a perversion of justice
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