perversity

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🇦🇲 Armenian:հակառակվելու ձգտում, շեղվածություն

🇷🇺 Russian:извращенность, perversity: упрямое противодействие

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Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.

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contrarinessdepravity

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reasonablenessdecency

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