Definitions for subversion
səbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənsub·ver·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corruption, subversionnoun

   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. subversion, subversive activitynoun

   the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. subversionnoun

   the act of subverting or the condition of being subverted

2. subversionnoun

   a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining

3. Etymology: From subversion.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subversionnoun

   Overthrow; ruin; destruction.

   Etymology: subversion, Fr. subversus, Latin.

   These seek subversion of thy harmless life. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   It is far more honourable to suffer, than to prosper in their ruin and subversion. Charles I .

   These things refer to the opening and shutting the abyss, with the dissolution or subversion of the earth. Burnet.

   Laws have been often abused, to the oppression and the subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. John Rogers.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subversionnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. subversion

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

Matched Categories

1. • Degradation

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of subversion in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of subversion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of subversion in a Sentence

1. Col. Jack Ripper, commander of Burpleson AFB to Group Capt. Mandrake (Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove:

   (Clemenceau) once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he may have been right...but now, war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought...And I can no longer, sit around and allow Communist subversion, Communist corruption, and Communist infiltration of our precious bodily fluids.

2. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

   Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

4. Liu Xiaoyuan:

   For the crime to become as serious as state subversion, it's a completely political charge.

5. Leonard Cohen:

   Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

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