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Noun: subversion  sub'vur-zhun
  1. Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
    "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
    - corruption
     
  2. The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    - subversive activity

Derived forms: subversions

See also: subvert

Type of: debasement, degradation, overthrow

Encyclopedia: Subversion

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