US /səbˈvɝt/ UK /səbˈvɜːt/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution

    The pamphlets were intended to subvert public confidence in the regime.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to undermine the power and... underminesabotagedestabilizeoverthrowcorrupttopple
Word family
Derived forms subvertersubversionsubversivesubvertible

Etymology

From Latin subvertere ('to overturn, overthrow'), from sub- ('up from under') + vertere ('to turn'), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ('to turn').

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