subversive
37
7.8
- adjective
- /səbˈvɜːrsɪv/
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subversivo
- The writer's subversive ideas challenged the traditional views of society and government.
- subversive activities
- subversive intent
- subversive actions
The film is both subversive and sophisticated.
- The film is both subversive and sophisticated.
- These are our legitimate concerns and yet they they fall within the realm of what you can call subversive ideas.
- I took the, the subversive sexuality out of my persona so that Betty and Joe Beer Can could invite me into their living room.
- When I used those words, I felt subversive, naughty, strong.
- So she she mentioned subversive elements to her story, right.
- It's a subversive post Hollywood, post Hollywood era Western, as you might guess.
- It reminds you of being back in India in many ways because the same kind of subversive violence and deep affection, you know, and I've been protected.
- He says there really is something very subversive about Ubek as well as eye, eye in the sky and stigmata and Martian time slip.
Examples
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Due to increased activity among subversive forces, we are placing a curfew on the entire Tatooine system effective immediately.
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The film is both subversive and sophisticated.
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I was really trying to, like, take art to a subversive level.
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Is he playing games with subversive groups?
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I would describe this as modern yet classic, subversive yet soft.
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I did not see myself as a subversive in the ranks.
Fiction book (1993) -
You know, in Brazil, Central America, those kinds of places, making underground video is considered a subversive act.
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Conservatives have opposed these moves, fearing subversive activities as a result.
Fiction book (1995) -
The act of writing, for a marginalized individual, is inevitably a subversive act of self-assertion.
Fiction book (1996) -
With the demise of these regimes, the United States has shifted its subversive focus to China.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
20
8.5
Helping enemies harm your country
4
9.9
Encouraging people to oppose or rebel against the government
1
9.9
Something that encourages people to rise against the government
Supporting or joining a revolt against the government
Antonyms
Compounds
How Subversive
- Formal
20
8.5
143
4.9
- Formal
4
9.9
37
7.8
210
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subversive comes from the Latin parts sub- meaning 'under' and vertere meaning 'to turn', the same root you see in words like reverse and convert. So when we call ideas or actions subversive, we mean they are meant to 'turn' a system from below and thus weaken or overthrow the existing authority.