to subvert
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8.4
- verb
- /səbˈvɜrt/
:
corromper
- In those families, great effort is put forth to maintain enmeshment through demoralization, subverting autonomy and psychological health.
They would subvert that part of your brain, the neurons that are associated with the logical lying.
- They would subvert that part of your brain, the neurons that are associated with the logical lying.
Examples
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To the degree ideas are taken on faith, the process of thinking is subverted.
Blog text (7) -
Rather, American education was being subverted by a lack of intellectual vigor and a vanishing sense of purpose.
Academic text (1990) -
People "create wars and rifts among the human race" and they often subvert religion to further their own aims.
Blog text (29) -
The leadership assumed that women were responsible for allowing the temptations of private life to subvert revolutionary political goals.
Academic text (1998) -
Do we believe Nelson is truly trying to victimize the people of New Orleans or subvert their culture?
Blog text (11) -
Lying is corrosive; it corrupts and subverts honesty.
Academic text (2004) -
What the shepherds see as unacceptable in Marcela is her determination to subvert and pervert womanhood as traditionally conceived.
Academic text (2003) -
He tried to subvert the community's values by spreading false information.
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The group aimed to subvert the moral standards that everyone held dear.
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They feared that his actions would subvert the integrity of the organization.
Synonyms
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4.5
To make someone act dishonestly, often by giving them money
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5.5
To make someone go the wrong way, behave badly, or believe things that are not true
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7.7
To make someone's morals worse by causing selfish or dishonest behaviour
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7.9
Cause someone to do things that are morally wrong
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9.9
To lead someone into too much drinking, sex, or other wrong acts
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7.5
To make someone lose their sense of right and wrong
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8.3
To make someone behave badly by giving them wrong ideas
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8.4
To make people less moral by encouraging bad behaviour
Make a person lose moral strength or become corrupt
How Corrupting
- Formal
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- NSFW
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2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
subvert = sub + vert
Although historically analyzable as sub- + vert ('turn'), 'vert' is a Latin combining form not a standalone English word, so an average B1 learner cannot derive the meaning from the components.
Etymology
The word subvert comes from sub- 'under' and vert 'to turn', like in convert. So to subvert someone's morals is to 'turn' them away from right behaviour, often slowly or in secret.