Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: corruption, subversive activity

See Also: debasement, degradation, overthrow

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