perverseness
Stubborn wrongheaded behavior
Perverseness is the quality of being contrary or obstinate, especially in ways that frustrate others or work against one's own interests.
It suggests a willful turning away from what is reasonable, expected, or desired: Out of sheer perverseness, she refused the help she clearly needed.
The word carries a sense of deliberate contrariness rather than mere stubbornness.
Unyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
recalcitrance · bullheadedness · pigheadedness · mulishness · obduracy · waywardness · cantankerousness · orneriness
Deviation from the norm
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
degeneracy · immorality · sinfulness · wickedness · iniquity · turpitude · vice · dissoluteness
Lack of sound judgment
- illogicalityFailure of sound reasoning
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- foolhardinessReckless bravery, unwise daring
wrongheadedness · bloody-mindedness · spitefulness · capriciousness · arbitrariness · irrationality · counterproductive · self-destructive
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
defiance · recalcitrance · bullheadedness · pigheadedness · mulishness · obduracy · waywardness · cantankerousness · orneriness · cussedness
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- depravityProfound moral corruption
corruption · degeneracy · immorality · sinfulness · wickedness · iniquity · turpitude · vice · dissoluteness · decadence
unreasonableness
Lack of sound judgment
- illogicalityFailure of sound reasoning
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
foolhardiness · wrongheadedness · bloody-mindedness · spitefulness · capriciousness · arbitrariness · irrationality · counterproductive · self-destructive · contrary
perversenesscooperativeness
Inclination to work jointly
compliance · agreeableness · amenability · tractability · accommodation
perversenessamiability
Friendly, agreeable temperament
geniality · affability · good-naturedness · friendliness · cordiality
perversenessrighteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
wholesomeness · uprightness · virtue · rectitude · decency
pervert, perverse, perverted, perversion, perversity, perverting, perversely, perversions, perversities