Synonyms for subversion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh b-vur-zhuh n, -shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən


Définition of subversion

Origin :
  • late 14c., "physical destruction, demolition, ruination," from Old French subversion, from Late Latin subversionem (nominative subversio) "an overthrow, ruin, destruction," from past participle stem of subvertere (see subvert).
  • noun ruin
  • noun undermining
Example sentences :
  • Neither had he been anxious to exert himself for its subversion.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • Therefore, the logical place to look for subversion is in the slums.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • Your jargon was 'peace,' which meant Spanish invasion and Scottish subversion.
  • Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse
  • Your jargon was peace, which meant Spanish invasion and Scottish subversion.'
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • What, but its subversion, its disseverment, by its own internal antagonism?
  • Extract from : « The Right of American Slavery » by True Worthy Hoit
  • The New Rich chose one of three paths: subversion, revolution and emulation.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • They desire not to be present at the subversion of all Nature.
  • Extract from : « History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science » by John William Draper
  • Here; there is no movement in Europe except in France, and here it will always be a movement of subversion.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • From thence it is but one step to the subversion of all property.
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke » by Edmund Burke
  • Controversialists treat this as a subversion of the laws of Identity and Contradiction.
  • Extract from : « Logic, Inductive and Deductive » by William Minto

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