subvert - What does it mean?
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Definition of 'subvert'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
* Shakespeare
- He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
* John Locke
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Derived terms
* subversion
* subversive
Etymology 2
, by analogy with advert.
Noun
( en-noun)
An advertisement created by subvertising.
Synonyms
* subvertisement
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