In this post there seems to be more opinion than definition. First let's look at the etymology : it comes to us from Latin, where perverte re is "turn totally, flip, reverse or over-dump". 1o_ As an adjective it was mainly used in psychology to name a patient with a behavior that deviated from the norm, from the socially accepted; with Freudian theory it has already been applied to those who exhibited abnormal sexual behaviors. The problem then was to define what was normal and what was not. Today it is more used to say that they have a paraphilia, because of the negative connotation that has 'pervert' outside the academic realm. 2o_ Participle of the verb pervertir .
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