| Pronunciation: | | sub'vurzhun
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- [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"
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SUBVERSION is a 10 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | corruption, subversive activity |
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| | See Also: | | debasement, degradation, overthrow |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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