About The Word Subversion
Learn about the word Subversion to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Subversion definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Subversion
| 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Titillating ‐ pleasantly and superficially exciting [adj] exciting by touching…
- Desex ‐ make infertile; of both males…
- Duke of argyll's tea tree ‐ deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple…
- Jacques offenbach ‐ French composer of many operettas and an opera…
- Order gymnophiona ‐ an order of amphibians including…
- Guallatiri ‐ the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile;…
- Horse's foot ‐ the hoof…
- Localisation of function ‐ (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively…
- Bookmark ‐ a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages…
- Stephenson ‐ English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway…