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Perversion

perversion

(Science: psychology) A turning aside from the normal course, a morbid alteration of function which may occur in emotional, intellectual or volitional fields. In psychiatry, sexual deviation.

Origin: L. Versio = a turning


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... self serving and seemingly highly corrupt medical and scientific body" Coda: Dr. Pesutic described torture as the “criminal expression of a perversion of society's values.” The criminal and unethical behaviour of doctors involved in or colluding in torture reflects a society's moral decline. ...

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