subversive
pronunciation
How to pronounce subversive in British English: UK [səbˈvɜ:sɪv]
How to pronounce subversive in American English: US [səbˈvɜrsɪv]
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- Noun:
- a radical supporter of political or social revolution
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- Adjective:
- in opposition to a civil authority or government
Word Origin
- subversive (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin subvers-, past participle stem of subvertere (see subvert) + -ive. As a noun, attested from 1887. Related: Subversively; subversiveness.
Example
- 1. And , of course , my e-mail provoked some rather more subversive thoughts .
- 2. For the first modernists , the erotic was self-evidently subversive .
- 3. Don 't disregard our traditions just because you 're subversive .
- 4. Sillier still , a group of ex-soldiers marched on her house and shook their buttocks at it , calling her a subversive .
- 5. What deng wrote was actually quite subversive yet the article did not make much splash .