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perversion

any abnormal means of obtaining sexual satisfaction
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perversion

[pər′vər·zhən]
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Perversion

See also Bestiality.
bondage and domination (B & D)
practices with whips, chains, etc. for sexual pleasure. [Western Cult.: Misc.]
Humbert, Humbert
middle-aged gentleman crisscrosses America staying in motels with 12-year-old “nymphet.” [Am. Lit.: Lolita]
Imp
of the Perverse perversity as motive for men’s actions. [Am. Lit.: “Imp of the Perverse” in Hart, 402]
Onan Judah’s
son; spilled seed upon ground. [O.T.: Genesis 38: 9–10]
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold
von (1836–1895) author who derived pleasure from being tortured. [Aust. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 165]
Sade, Marquis
de (1740–1814) jailed for sexual crimes; wrote of sexual cruelty. [Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 165]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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But as high-school graduation approaches, the secret perversions of his bishop are uncovered and tear at the fabric of his life and faith.
In later work Freud (1927; 1938) introduced the idea that certain perversions involved a splitting of the ego in order to deny a traumatic sexual reality.
Municipality for their unwillingness to stop perversions in the city Children's Park "Komaygi."
Those who might have known about Savile's perversions are not the only people who have questions to answer today.
"Obscene fantasies"; Elfriede Jelinek's generic perversions.
This space of debate and possibility creates the conditions for reading children's literature perversely and, in turn, for understanding the perversions that have populated it.
Religious fervor and various perversions combine in a quirky rush toward apocalypse.
I am sorry you ran into trouble for speaking out boldly against homosexual perversions.
The great danger is that these perversions are so absurd, repellent, and beyond the ken of most Americans--and are festering just far enough beneath the surface--that the average person will not see the threat until it is too late.
I thought he was my dream man and wanted to have kids with him - but now I feel I don't know him and am scared he could have other perversions.
By age 21, Mogutin had been brought up on strongly worded charges like "malicious hooliganism with exceptional cynicism" and "propaganda of sexual perversions." After three years of what amounted to house retest, he sought political asylum in the United States.