Definitions of subversion [əbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən]

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Definition of 'subversion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) subversion
an act or instance of subverting.

2. subversion
the state of being subverted; destruction.

3. subversion
something that subverts or overthrows.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL subversiō overthrowing. See subvert , -tion)

Definition of 'subversion'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) corruption, subversion
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"

2. (noun) subversion, subversive activity
the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

Definition of 'subversion'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) subversion
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

Definition of 'subversion'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. subversion
Actions designed to undermine the military, economic, psychological, or political strength or morale of a governing authority. See also unconventional warfare.

Translation of 'subversion'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to overthrow or ruin completely (eg a person's morals, loyalty, arguments, a government).
Afrikaans: omverwerping	Arabic: تَخْريب، تَدْمير، تَهْديم	Bulgarian: подривна дейност
Brazilian: subversão	Czech: svržení	German: der Umsturz
Danish: statsfjendtlig virksomhed	Greek: υπονόμευση, ανατροπή	Spanish: subversión
Estonian: kukutamine, pööre	Farsi: براندازي	Finnish: kumous
French: subversion	Hebrew: חַתרָנוּת	Hindi: विनाश समापन, उच्छेदन
Croatian: rušenje, prevrat	Hungarian: felforgatás	Indonesian: subversi
Icelandic: spilling; kollvörpun	Italian: sovversione, sovvertiment	Japanese: 破滅
Korean: 전복, 파괴	Lithuanian: griovimas, ardymas,žlugdy	Latvian: (iekārtas u.tml.) graušan
Malay: subversi	Dutch: omverwerping	Norwegian: undergraving, nedbryting
Polish: działalność wywrotowa	Persian: براندازي	Pashto: ړنګونه ،غورځونه
Portuguese: subversão	Romanian: subversiune	Russian: свержение; ниспровержение
Slovak: zvrhnutie	Slovenian: prevrat	Serbian: prevrat
Swedish: omstörtning, nedbrytning	Thai: การโค่นล้ม; การทำลาย	Turkish: yıkma
Taiwanese: 顛覆	Ukrainian: скинення, повалення	Urdu: بربادی
Vietnamese: sự lật đổ, sự phá vỡ	Chinese: 颠覆
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