Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.

synonyms: contrariness, perverseness.

Roget 606: obstinateness etc. adj.; obstinacy, tenacity; cussedness [U.S.]; perseverance etc. 604.1; immovability; old school; inflexibility etc. (hardness) 323; obduracy, obduration^†; dogged resolution; resolution etc. 604; ruling passion; blind side.    self-will, contumacy, perversity; pervicacy^†, pervicacity^†; indocility^†.    bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism; opiniatry^†, opiniativeness; fixed idea etc. (prejudgment) 481; fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania; opinionatedness opinionativeness^†.    mule; opinionist^†, opinionatist^†, opiniator^†, opinator^†; stickler, dogmatist; bigot; zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.    ... show more

Roget 895: discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity^†; uncourteousness^†, etc. adj.; rusticity, inurbanity^†; illiberality, incivility displacency^†.    disrespect etc. 929; procacity^†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism^†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie^†; vulgarity, etc. 851.    churlishness etc. adj.; spinosity^†, perversity; moroseness etc. (sullenness) 901.1. sternness etc. adj.; austerity; moodishness^†, captiousness etc. 901; cynicism; tartness etc. adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.    scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.    bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub^†; frump, crosspatch^†; saucebox etc. 887^†; crooked stick; grizzly.    ... show more

Roget 901a: sullenness etc. adj.; morosity^†, spleen; churlishness etc. (discourtesy) 895; irascibility etc. 901.    moodiness etc. adj.; perversity; obstinacy etc. 606; torvity^†, spinosity^†; crabbedness etc. adj.. ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor; sulks, dudgeon, mumps^†, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie [Fr.], black looks, scowl; grouch; huff etc. (resentment) 900.    ... show more

Polish: przekora, przekorność

Deliberately deviating from what is good:
— There will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism.

synonym: perverseness.