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perversion: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

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expressionism collapse: an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

misrendering collapse

misrepresentation collapse: a misleading falsehood

understatement collapse: a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

misteaching collapse

misappropriation collapse: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"

profligacy collapse: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

misguidance collapse

falsification collapse: the act of determining that something is false; the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting; a willful perversion of facts

sacrilege collapse

perjury collapse: criminal offense of making false statements under oath

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

misdirection collapse: incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

torturing collapse

mismanagement collapse: management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

mishandling collapse

desecration collapse

profanation collapse: degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

misreading collapse: misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

squeezing collapse

misapprehension collapse

misusage collapse

pilfering collapse

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

specious reasoning collapse

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

slanting collapse

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

plausibility collapse: apparent validity

seduction collapse: enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

malpractice collapse: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

misstatement collapse: a statement that contains a mistake

misunderstanding collapse

defalcation collapse: the sum of money that is misappropriated

untruth collapse

misleading collapse

misjudgment collapse

misconception collapse: an incorrect conception

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

infection collapse: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

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