Lamenting perverse political stance (9)
I believe the answer is:
alignment
'political stance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'lamenting perverse' is the wordplay.
'perverse' is an anagram indicator.
'lamenting' with letters rearranged gives 'ALIGNMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alignment that I've seen before include "course" , "Collinear arrangement" , "Political side taken" , "Order" , "Alliance" .)