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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
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.
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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
Masque of the Red Death (1964) Vincent Price stars in this Roger Corman riff on Edgar Allen Poe’s proto-slasher melodrama about a Satan-worshiping prince (Price) who engages in various perversions high atop his eerie castle whilst the Red Death fells his kingdom.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
After all, decades of ink have been spilled, describing the singular perversions of Jeffrey Epstein.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
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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
Masque of the Red Death (1964) Vincent Price stars in this Roger Corman riff on Edgar Allen Poe’s proto-slasher melodrama about a Satan-worshiping prince (Price) who engages in various perversions high atop his eerie castle whilst the Red Death fells his kingdom.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
After all, decades of ink have been spilled, describing the singular perversions of Jeffrey Epstein.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
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Our region has been plagued for far too long by foreign interference, wars, sectarian conflicts, terrorism, drug trafficking, water scarcity, refugee crises, and environmental degradation.Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
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These novel electrolytes are designed to be much less susceptible to degradation, offering a more stable electrolyte-environment interface.Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Opponents, however, dislike diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, in such cases as this one.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024
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If sensitive personal information was stolen, consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze on your credit file to prevent further misuse.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, the United States and Western allies have accused Xi of overseeing widespread human rights abuses, even claims of genocide, against the nation's Uyghurs through the use of mass internment camps, a charge the Chinese leader and his government have vehemently denied.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Endrick was also subjected to racist abuse on social media following Madrid’s 2-0 defeat by Liverpool last month.Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Perversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversion. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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