Definition of subversion
Nouns
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
"the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
- Synonyms:
- corruption
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debasement, degradation
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
- Synonyms:
- subversive activity
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overthrow
the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
Vocabulary Lists for subversion
- vertebra
- vertebral
- vertebrate
- accessory vertebral vein
- advertence
- human right
- freedom of assembly
- nongovernmental organization
- Commission on Human Rights
- right to liberty