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Subversion

Subversion Meaning & Definition
Subversion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subversion?

[n] the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
[n] destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Subversion: corruption | subversive activity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Subversion:

See Also | debasement | degradation | overthrow

Subversion In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See {Subvert}.] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. --Evelyn. Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. --Rogers.

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