subversion

See also: Subversion and subversión

English

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subversion

Wikipedia

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)

1. (obsolete) The act of subverting; overturning; flipping from beneath.
2. The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.
3. The condition of being subverted.
4. A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.

Derived terms

• antisubversion
• countersubversion
• immunosubversion
• resubversion
• subversionary

Related terms

• subversive
• subvert
• subverter

Translations

the act of overturning; flipping from beneath

Chinese: Mandarin: 傾覆 / 倾覆 (zh) (qīngfù) Finnish: kaatuminen (fi) French: chavirage (fr) m German: Kentern n Japanese: 転覆 (ja) (てんぷく, tenpuku) Korean: 전복 (ko) (jeonbok) Russian: опроки́дывание (ru) n (oprokídyvanije) Swedish: kapsejsning c

the act of overthrowing a government, a ruler or a monarch

Azerbaijani: təxribat (az), təxribatçılıq Bulgarian: преврат (bg) m (prevrat) Finnish: kumous (fi), mullistus (fi) French: subversion (fr) f, renversement (fr) m Galician: subversión (gl) f German: Subversion (de) f Greek: υπονόμευση (el) f (yponómefsi), ανατροπή (el) f (anatropí) Indonesian: subversi (id) Irish: suaitheadh m Japanese: 倒す (ja) (taosu), 転覆 (ja) (tenpuku) Persian: براندازی (fa) (barândâzi) Portuguese: subversão (pt) f Russian: низверже́ние (ru) n (nizveržénije), сверже́ние (ru) n (sveržénije), низложе́ние (ru) n (nizložénije) Spanish: subversión f Swedish: subversion (sv) c Turkish: bozulma (tr), yıkılma (tr)

the condition of being subverted

systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within

Bulgarian: подривна дейност f (podrivna dejnost) Dutch: omverwerping (nl) Finnish: kumouksellisuus (fi), valtionvastainen toiminta French: subversion (fr) f, renversement (fr) m Galician: subversión (gl) f German: Subversion (de) f Greek: υπονόμευση (el) f (yponómefsi) Irish: suaitheadh m Japanese: 転覆 (ja) (tenpuku), 破壊 (ja) (hakai), 倒す (ja) (taosu) Persian: براندازی (fa) (barândâzi) Portuguese: subversão (pt) f Russian: подры́в (ru) m (podrýv), подрывна́я де́ятельность f (podryvnája déjatelʹnostʹ), антиправительственная де́ятельность f (antipravitelʹstvennaja déjatelʹnostʹ) Spanish: desestabilización (es) f Swedish: subversion (sv) c Turkish: hükümeti devirme

Etymology 2

From sub- +‎ version.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜː.ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜɹ.ʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

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

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin subversiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

subversion f (plural subversions)

1. subversion

Related terms

• subversif

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subversiō.

Noun

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

1. subversion (overthrowing)

Swedish

Noun

subversion c

1. subversion

Declension

Declension of subversion

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	subversion	subversions
	definite	subversionen	subversionens
plural	indefinite	subversioner	subversioners
	definite	subversionerna	subversionernas

Related terms

• subversiv

References

• subversion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• subversion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)