subversion
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See also: Subversion and subversión
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English subversion, subversioun, from Old French subversion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sʌbˈvɜː.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /sʌbˈvɜɹ.ʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən, -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Noun
subversion (countable and uncountable, plural subversions)
- (obsolete) The act of subverting; overturning; flipping from beneath.
- The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.
- The condition of being subverted.
- A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.
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Translations
the act of overturning; flipping from beneath
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the act of overthrowing a government, a ruler or a monarch
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the condition of being subverted
systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜː.ʒən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜɹ.ʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Noun
subversion (plural subversions)
- A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.
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French
Etymology
From Late Latin subversiōnem.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
subversion f (plural subversions)
Further reading
- “subversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subversiō.
Noun
subversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural subversions, nominative singular subversion, nominative plural subversions)
- subversion (overthrowing)
Swedish
Noun
subversion c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | subversion | subversions |
| definite | subversionen | subversionens | |
| plural | indefinite | subversioner | subversioners |
| definite | subversionerna | subversionernas |