subversion

See also: Subversion and subversión

English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English subversion, subversioun, from Old French subversion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌbˈvɜː.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sʌ̈bˈvɝ.ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən, -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
• Hyphenation: sub‧ver‧sion

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English version

English subversion

From sub- + version.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɜː.ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌvɝ.ʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
• Hyphenation: sub‧ver‧sion

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)):

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from French subversion.

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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “subversion”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)