perversive

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perversive

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

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From Latin pervers-, the past participial stem of pervertō, + -ive.

adjective more perversive · most perversive

Tending to pervert. There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public. Its initial emergence and its po

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@misc{perversive_2026,
  title = {perversive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perversive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}