Definition for Subversion:

• The act of overthrowing; destruction. [ Lat.]

Synonyms for Subversion:

• n.

  •
  • apostasy,
  • boycott,
  • civil disobedience,
  • anarchy,
  • 77,
  • agriterrorism,
  • barricade,
  • agitation,
  • bioterrorism,
  • 911.
  •
  • attack,
  • sabotage.
  •act (noun)
  • corruption,
  • subversion.
  •counter-evidence (noun)
  • defense,
  • denial,
  • disproof,
  • counter-evidence,
  • contradiction,
  • refutation,
  • confutation,
  • opposition,
  • rebuttal,
  • parry,
  • negation.
  •destruction (noun)
  • ruination,
  • sackings,
  • massacre,
  • crashings,
  • havoc,
  • crushings,
  • slayings,
  • subjugations,
  • subjugation.
  •disobedience (noun)
  • disregard,
  • rebellion,
  • disobedience,
  • insurrection,
  • anarchism,
  • mutiny,
  • sedition,
  • treachery,
  • insubordination.
  •revolution (noun)
  • transformations,
  • golpe,
  • over turn,
  • radical change,
  • shake-up,
  • guerrilla activity,
  • turnover,
  • underground activities,
  • turnovers,
  • underground activity,
  • re-formation,
  • uprising,
  • risings.
  •ruin (noun)
  • defeat.
  •sabotage (noun)
  • subversiveness.
  •subversion (noun)
  • subversive activity.
  •treason (noun)
  • dis-affection,
  • lese-majeste,
  • lesemajestes,
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis-honesty,
  • dis affection,
  • dis honesties,
  • dis honesty,
  • seditious acts,
  • dis affections,
  • lese-majestes,
  • dis-affections,
  • breach faith,
  • lese majestes,
  • lesemajeste.
  •undermining (noun)
  • disruption.
  •undoing (noun)
  • dis grace,
  • un doing,
  • dis-graces,
  • mis chance,
  • de-stroyers,
  • dis graces,
  • mis steps,
  • un-doing,
  • un-doings,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis adventures,
  • de stroyers,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis calculation,
  • bad omens,
  • re-verse,
  • dis-grace,
  • mis-adventures,
  • mis-calculations,
  • bad omen,
  • de-stroyer,
  • mis chances,
  • re verse,
  • un doings,
  • de stroyer,
  • mis-calculation.
  •upset (noun)
  • sur-prise,
  • sur prise,
  • free for all,
  • dis-tress,
  • re version,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-quiet,
  • up-sets,
  • screw-ups,
  • re-version,
  • dis-tresses,
  • up sets,
  • dis quiets,
  • up-set,
  • sur-prises,
  • screw ups,
  • sur prises,
  • re-versions,
  • re versions,
  • queasinesses,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis quiet.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • undermining.

Paraphrases for Subversion:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reversal, wilful.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sabotage, destabilization, vandalism, insurgency, sedition, toppling, deliberate, ouster.

Subversion Sentence Examples:

• Those who had trembled before at the possibility of revolutionary sentiments leading to the subversion of the throne, now declared themselves in terror lest the spread of Roman Catholic doctrine should lead to the subversion of the Protestant altar.

• By the formation of an Imperial Parliament, the Irish Protestants would have solid guarantees against the subversion of all that they held most dear.

Hyponym for Subversion:

• n.

  • act
    debasement, degradation.