subvert

/səbˈvɜːrt/

意味: 覆す、転覆させる

例文: Aki tried to subvert the unfair rules.
　　  アキは不公平な規則を覆そうとした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: undermine(弱体化させる), overthrow(転覆させる), destabilize(不安定にする)

定義: 既存の制度や権力を覆したり、弱体化させたりすることを指します。通常、政治的な文脈で使われ、権力者や政府に対する反対行動や陰謀を示すことが多いです。

subvertは約1,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: cause the downfall of; of rulers
Verb: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Verb: destroy property or hinder normal operations
Verb: destroy completely

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: The Czar was overthrown
Verb: subvert the ruling class
Verb: debauch the young people with wine and women
Verb: Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Verb: Do school counselors subvert young children?
Verb: corrupt the morals
Verb: The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Verb: we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bring down, corrupt, counteract, countermine, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, overthrow, overturn, pervert, profane, sabotage, subvert, undermine, vitiate, weaken

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, depose, destroy, disobey

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, burn, bust up, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, consume, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, devour, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, do a job on, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, explode, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, get, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harry, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, kick in, laicize, lay waste to, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overthrow, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rape, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, resist, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sabotage, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shipwreck, shorten, simplify, sit in, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, subvert, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, vandalize, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, wash out, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bastardize, derail, infect, lead off, poison, revolutionize, sensualize, suborn

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: corruptible, corruption, corruptive, debasement, debauch, debauchee, debaucher, debauchery, demoralisation, demoralization, depravation, depravity, overthrow, perversive, pervert, profanation, sabotage, subversion, subversive, subverter

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): sub

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative, sadness