verb Download 🔗Share To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. Examples : "The student subverted the teacher's authority by constantly interrupting the lesson and encouraging others to do the same. " politics government action society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. Examples : "A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people." mind politics government society moral character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath). Examples : "The teacher subverted the usual classroom routine by having students teach each other the lesson instead of lecturing. " politics culture society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading