perverse logic

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  • He tried to explain his decision with some perverse logic that made no sense.
  • It was a perverse logic that led them to believe the less they worked, the more they earned.
  • She found a perverse logic in arguing against her own best interests.
  • The dictator justified his actions with a perverse logic that distorted reality.
  • There's a perverse logic to their system, where success is punished and failure rewarded.
  • He operates on a perverse logic, always doing the opposite of what is sensible.
  • His argument, though based on perverse logic, was surprisingly difficult to refute immediately.
  • The whole policy seemed to be driven by a perverse logic designed to confuse.
  • From a child's perverse logic, breaking a toy makes it more interesting.
  • One might call it a perverse logic, but he felt happier after losing the game.