Thesaurus: subversion

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1. n. 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. n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
3. n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
4. 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.
5. 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 ofdespotic power; the subversion of the constitution.The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through mywhole estate. Evelyn.Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of thatorder they were intended to preserve. Rogers.
6. n:100 n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government