subversion
Covert institutional destruction
Subversion is the act of undermining or overthrowing something established—typically a government, institution, or system of authority.
The word carries connotations of working from within or below: The regime accused dissidents of subversion.
In computing, Subversion (often abbreviated SVN) is a version control system for tracking changes in software code.
Deliberate disruption of operations
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
- weakenReduce in strength
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
discredit · delegitimize · demoralize · impair · compromise · thwart · obstruct · impede
Deliberate disruption of operations
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- spyCovert information gatherer
moles · counterintelligence · intelligence · sleuth · agent · cloak-and-dagger · tradecraft · handler
Armed uprising against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
insurrection · coup · mutiny · guerrilla · civil disobedience · dissent · defiance · unrest
Attacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
counterculture · progressivism · egalitarianism · anarchism · agitation · consciousness-raising · indoctrination · radicalization
sabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
- weakenReduce in strength
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
undercut · discredit · delegitimize · demoralize · impair · compromise · thwart · obstruct · impede · hobble
sabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
spy · moles · counterintelligence · intelligence · sleuth · agent · cloak-and-dagger · tradecraft · handler · asset
insurgency
Armed uprising against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
sedition · insurrection · coup · mutiny · guerrilla · civil disobedience · dissent · defiance · unrest · revolutionary
iconoclasm
Attacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
avant-garde · counterculture · progressivism · egalitarianism · anarchism · agitation · consciousness-raising · indoctrination · radicalization · ideology
ruse
Deliberate act of deception
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
duplicity · subterfuge · chicanery · pretense · manipulation · sham · con · scam · gambit · dishonesty
- avant-gardeDada, Dadaism, Futurism, Constructivism, Cabaret Voltaire
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- clever humordry wit, wordplay, clever wordplay, clever banter, puns
- comedy termsjokes, puns, wit, sarcasm, irony
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
subversionloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
allegiance · faithfulness · fidelity · fealty · devotion
subversionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
insurrection · peaceful protest · coup d'état · armed uprising · reform
subversionpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · stabilization · reinforcement · upholding · maintenance
- subversive artExpression challenging power structures
- subversive humorComedy undermining established order
- political subversionSecretly undermining a government
- subversive literatureWritings that threaten power structures
- subversive activityActions meant to overthrow authority
- subversive activitiesActions meant to undermine authority
subversive, subversives, subversions, subversiveness, subversively