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[pə'vɜːs]1) (twisted) [person, desire] perverso2) (contrary) [refusal, attempt, attitude] irrazionale; [ effect] contrario, opposto* * *[pə'və:s]1) (continuing to do, think etc something which one knows, or which one has been told, is wrong or unreasonable: a perverse child.) ostinato, irragionevole2) (deliberately wrong; unreasonable: perverse behaviour.) ostinato•- perverseness
- perversity* * *perverse /pəˈvɜ:s/a.3 ( d'un fatto, di un effetto, ecc.) avverso; contrario; sfavorevole; perverso ( improprio, ma comune): Fiscal drag is one of the perverse effects of inflation, il fiscal drag è uno degli effetti perversi dell'inflazione4 (arc.) perverso; cattivo; iniquo; malvagio● a perverse verdict, un verdetto iniquoperversely avv. perverseness n. [u] FALSI AMICI: nell'inglese attuale perverse non significa perverso.* * *[pə'vɜːs]1) (twisted) [person, desire] perverso2) (contrary) [refusal, attempt, attitude] irrazionale; [ effect] contrario, opposto
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