subversion

See also: Subversion and subversión

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French subversion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

Noun

subversion (countable and uncountable, plural subversions)

1. The act of subverting or the condition of being subverted.
2. A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.

Related terms

• subversive
• subvert

Derived terms

• antisubversion
• countersubversion
• immunosubversion
• resubversion
• subversionary

 

Translations

act of subverting or the condition of being subverted

• Finnish: kumous (fi), mullistus (fi)
• German: Subversion (de) f
• Greek: υπονόμευση (el) f (yponómefsi), ανατροπή (el) f (anatropí)
• Japanese: 倒す (ja) (taosu), 転覆 (ja) (tenpuku)
• Persian: براندازی (fa) (barandâzi)
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• Portuguese: subversão (pt) f
• Russian: подры́в (ru) m (podrýv), подрывна́я де́ятельность f (podryvnája déjatelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: subversión f
• Swedish: subversion c
• Turkish: bozulma (tr), yıkılma (tr)

systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within

• Dutch: omverwerping
• Finnish: kumouksellisuus (fi), valtionvastainen toiminta
• German: Subversion (de) f
• Greek: υπονόμευση (el) f (yponómefsi)
• Japanese: 転覆 (ja) (tenpuku), 破壊 (ja) (hakai), 倒す (ja) (taosu)
• Persian: براندازی (fa) (barandâzi)
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• Portuguese: subversão (pt) f
• Russian: низверже́ние (ru) n (nizveržénije), сверже́ние (ru) n (sveržénije), низложе́ние (ru) n (nizložénije)
• Spanish: desestabilización (es) f
• Swedish: subversion c
• Turkish: hükümeti devirme

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• French: ^{(please verify)} contestation (fr) f
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Etymology 2

sub- +‎ version

Noun

subversion (plural subversions)

1. A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.

Related terms

• subversioning

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  subversionem, accusative singular of subversiō.

Noun

subversion f (plural subversions)

1. corruption

Further reading

• “subversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subversiō.

Noun

subversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural subversions, nominative singular subversion, nominative plural subversions)

1. subversion (overthrowing)

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Swedish

Noun

subversion c

1. subversion

Declension

Declension of subversion
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	subversion	subversionen	subversioner	subversionerna
Genitive	subversions	subversionens	subversioners	subversionernas

Related terms

• subversiv