]səd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin perversitas, from perversus perverse + -itas -ity — more at perverse
1. : the quality or state of being perverse
some sort of perversity in our souls — D.H.Lawrence
2. : an instance of perversity
in spite of a hundred perversities — C.E.Montague
one of the ironic perversities that often attend the course of affairs — John Dewey