perversity
noun
[ pəˈvəːsɪti ]
• a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
• "they responded with typical perversity"
Similar:
contrariness,
perverseness,
awkwardness,
unreasonableness,
difficultness,
waywardness,
capriciousness,
wilfulness,
refractoriness,
stubbornness,
obstinacy,
obduracy,
mulishness,
pig-headedness,
cussedness,
bloody-mindedness,
frowardness,
irrationality,
illogicality,
wrong-headedness,
irregularity,
inappropriateness,
• the quality of being contrary to accepted standards or practice; unreasonableness.
• "the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink"
• the quality of being sexually perverted.
