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单词 subversion
释义
subversionsub‧ver‧sion /səbˈvɜːʃən $ -ˈvɜːrʒən/ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Many defectors provided the McCarthy committees with evidence of political subversion.
  • Seventeen people were convicted of subversion following a coup attempt.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After one court trial and numerous skirmishes, Williams was accused of subversion a second time in 1635.
  • And the relevance of Northern Ireland to the subversion of democracy in Britain remains mystified.
  • Central to Greenblatt's readings is the argument of subversion and containment.
  • Fears of revolution and subversion were widely held in 1880.
  • Nor is subversion the ruse of power.
  • The only freedoms of the truly enslaved are subtle subversion and private dissent.
  • Up in the shanty towns subversion ruled.
  • When that happens they will tend to implement the decision without rancour or subversion.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatoractions, speeches etc that encourage rebellion
actions, speeches etc that are intended to encourage people to oppose the government or to take part in a rebellion: · Hu was arrested on charges of sedition.· The clubs were suspected of being centres of sedition.
secret activities that are intended to encourage people to oppose the government or to take part in a rebellion: · Seventeen people were convicted of subversion following a coup attempt.· Many defectors provided the McCarthy committees with evidence of political subversion.
WORD SETS
agitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun
secret activities that are intended to damage or destroy the power or influence of a government or established system:  Murray was jailed for subversion.
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