SUBVERSION

subversion, subversive activity

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

corruption, subversion

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

subversion (countable and uncountable, plural subversions)

The act of subverting or the condition of being subverted.

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

Etymology 2

Noun

subversion (plural subversions)

A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sub*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See Subvert.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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