what does subversion mean?
SUBVERSION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of subverting
- as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
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Hypernyms(s) subversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- destroying someone’’s (or some group’’s) honesty or loyalty
- undermining moral integrity
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Usage Example(s)
- corruption of a minor
- the big city’’s subversion of rural innocence
Hypernyms(s) subversion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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