per ‧ ver ‧ sion /pəˈvɜːʃ ə n, -ʒ ə n $ pərˈvɜːrʒ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
1 . a type of sexual behaviour that is considered unnatural and unacceptable
2 . the process of changing something that is natural and good into something that is unnatural and wrong, or the result of such a change
perversion of
a perversion of the true meaning of democracy