'Perverseness' definitions:
Definition of 'perverseness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity, perverseness]
noun
Deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" [syn: perversity, perverseness]
Definition of 'Perverseness'
From: GCIDE
- Perverseness \Per*verse"ness\, n. The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." --Donne. [1913 Webster]