COUNTERSUBVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countersubversion mean? 

• COUNTERSUBVERSION (noun)
  The noun COUNTERSUBVERSION has 1 sense:

1. the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities

  Familiarity information: COUNTERSUBVERSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERSUBVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("countersubversion" is a kind of...):

counterintelligence (intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism)