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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
claimed that rap and rock music were responsible for the perversion of the nation's young people
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as in misuse
incorrect or improper use
if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word "free"
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Recent Examples of perversion
And this cultural extortion, rooted in naïve ghetto socialism — a perversion of the civil-rights heritage — plants a worrisome notion.
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Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
In short, the idea that financialization may be not a perversion of capitalism but the next stage in its evolution seems to be a little too uncomfortable for Kocka to fully consider.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
The easy thing would be to call it a total perversion of a great artist, but Monet made bright, oddly bleakish moments something of a specialty.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
As Adrian Chen chronicled in The Nation in 2014, lulz—a perversion of lol—justifies heinous behavior online.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
In short, the idea that financialization may be not a perversion of capitalism but the next stage in its evolution seems to be a little too uncomfortable for Kocka to fully consider.
—Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
The easy thing would be to call it a total perversion of a great artist, but Monet made bright, oddly bleakish moments something of a specialty.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
As Adrian Chen chronicled in The Nation in 2014, lulz—a perversion of lol—justifies heinous behavior online.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perversion
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Yet the devastation that Israel inflicted on Hezbollah last year, the general degradation of Iran’s militia network, and the failure of Tehran’s strategy of using Arab fighters as a forward defense against Israel and the U.S. were decisive.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Users could still watch and download videos, but over time, this lack of updates could cause significant degradation of the app’s performance.—
Cherie Brooke Luo,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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And while the risks of online identity theft and misuse of data have increased since the Supreme Court last weighed in on the question, technology that lets parents block what their children see online has improved, the groups challenging Texas’ law told the court in legal filings.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, some of the most celebrated corporate buzzwords have lost their meaning due to overuse and misuse.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Although Russia has struggled to embrace startup culture, the big contractors have a stranglehold on the supply process; corruption is endemic, and the military know who to buy from.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Removing and replacing up to 50,000 career civil servants with political loyalists smacks of corruption Americans won’t tolerate.—
Laura Rodriguez,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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This bill defines providing gender affirming care to persons under 16 as child abuse.—
Trans Formations Project,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Virginia Lujan of Tempe was taken into custody by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on felony child abuse charges related to her 13-year-old granddaughter’s death, PEOPLE has confirmed.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Perversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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