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subversion
(encz) | subversion,převrat n: Zdeněk Brož |
subversion
(encz) | subversion,svrhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Subversion
(gcide) | Subversion \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.
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The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . .
through my whole estate. --Evelyn.
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Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
subversion of that order they were intended to
preserve. --Rogers.
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subversion
(wn) | subversion
n 1: 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" [syn:
corruption, subversion]
2: the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a
legally constituted government [syn: subversion,
subversive activity] |
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countersubversion
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counter-subversion
(gcide) | counter-subversion \counter-subversion\ n.
the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and
prevent subversive activities.
Syn: countersubversion.
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Subversion
(gcide) | Subversion \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.
[1913 Webster]
The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . .
through my whole estate. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
subversion of that order they were intended to
preserve. --Rogers.
[1913 Webster] |
Subversionary
(gcide) | Subversionary \Sub*ver"sion*a*ry\, a.
Promoting destruction.
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countersubversion
(wn) | countersubversion
n 1: the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and
prevent subversive activities |
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