Subversion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of subverting.
  • n. The condition of being subverted.
  • n. Obsolete A cause of overthrow or ruin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of subverting or the condition of being subverted
  • n. a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of subverting or overthrowing, or the state of being overthrown; entire overthrow; utter ruin; destruction.
  • n. The cause of overthrow or destruction.
  • n. Synonyms Overturning, downfall, demolition. See subvert.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
  • n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
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    Persian    aspersion    aversion    conversion    dispersion   
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    overthrow    downfall    sabotage    annihilation    espionage