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Perversion is a derogatory term for deviation from the original meaning or doctrine, literally 'turning aside' from what is perceived to be orthodox or normal. A pervert is a person in a state of perversion. By apocopation a 'pervert' becomes a 'perv,. These terms have two common usages: - It often refers to "sexual perversion", more neutrally called a paraphilia.
- The term perversion was also used in the pre- Vatican II era by some Roman Catholics to describe the process of converting from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism. Whereas a protestant who joined Roman Catholicism was described as a convert, a Catholic who became a Protestant was called a pervert. The phrase is no longer used by mainstream Catholicism, though a small conservative fringe do on occasion still use it.
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