perversions in English

noun
1
the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.
all great evil is the perversion of a good
synonyms:distortionmisrepresentationfalsificationtravestymisinterpretationmisconstructiontwistingcorruptionsubversionmisusemisapplicationdebasement
2
sexual behavior or desire that is considered abnormal or unacceptable.
They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion .
synonyms:devianceabnormalitydepravitydegeneracydebaucherycorruptionvicewickednessimmorality
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1. In addition, they may suffer physical harm because of their perversions.

2. 6 The past has been scarred by countless mistrials and perversions of justice.

3. I hear he's a drunken little lecher, prone to all manner of perversions.

4. 3 The past has been scarred by countless mistrials and perversions of justice.

5. They were tyrannical bullies, and the sin of their lustful fathers is likened to the perversions of Sodom and Gomorrah.

6. The 68th of the 72 Spirits of Solomon, Belial is dedicated to creating wickedness and guilt in humankind, especially in the form of sexual perversions, fornication, and lust.

7. It contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments."

8. Kearney is critical of Habermas's apparent endorsement of a secular faith, and dismantles the pretensions of antitheism, the "Antitheistic squad," as he calls it, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens, which reduces religion to its perversions, judges it accordingly, and dismisses it, thus denying critical dialogue.