- perversion - a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"
--1 is a kind of curve, curved shape
- perversion, sexual perversion - an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse
--2 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
--2 has particulars:paraphilia; sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse; oral sex, head - perversion - the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"
--3 is a kind of wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
Derived form: verb pervert3 - perversion, sexual perversion - an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse