subversion
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See also: Subversion and subversión
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Middle English subversion, subversioun, from Old French subversion.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /sʌbˈvɜː.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /sʌbˈvɜɹ.ʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən, -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜː.ʒən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜɹ.ʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin subversiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
subversion f (plural subversions)
Further reading[edit]
- “subversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin subversiō.
Noun[edit]
subversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural subversions, nominative singular subversion, nominative plural subversions)
- subversion (overthrowing)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
subversion c
Declension[edit]
Declension of subversion | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | subversion | subversionen | subversioner | subversionerna |
Genitive | subversions | subversionens | subversioners | subversionernas |
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