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subvert

verb
/səbˈvɜːt/UK/səbˈvɝt/US/ˈsʌbvət/UK/ˈsʌbvɚt/US

Etymology

From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).

  1. derived from subvertō
  2. derived from subvertir
  3. inherited from subverten

Definitions

  1. To overturn from the foundation

    To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

    • He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
    • , Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.

  2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth

    To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

    • The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.

  3. To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from…

    To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An advertisement created by subvertising.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at subvert. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at subvert. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at subvert

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA