Both Uses of
perversion
in
The Idiot
- He wishes me to be a pervert to atheism.†
Chpt 4.2pervert = (noun) someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society OR (verb) to convert something so it is not what it should be
- They could not understand the origin of the outburst; it could not be simply the news of Pavlicheff's perversion.†
Chpt 4.7 *
Definition:
the conversion of something so it is not what it should be -- especially a sexual practice considered unacceptable by society