subverter
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- noun
- /səbˈvɜːrtər/
:
subversor
- In her novel, the author portrays the subverter as a hero fighting against oppression.
And so now those people who left, the ideologues, the subverters, they can go to blue sky, red sky, green sky, who cares?
- And so now those people who left, the ideologues, the subverters, they can go to blue sky, red sky, green sky, who cares?
Examples
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As a known subverter of social norms, he often encouraged others to question traditional values.
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I referred to the demon whom Descartes invited us to dream, the subverter of the material world.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Ask yourself how you would feel if the Democrats were doing that to our primary," he asked the undecided election subverter in Ohio.
Blog text (16) -
And so now those people who left, the ideologues, the subverters, they can go to blue sky, red sky, green sky, who cares?
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Nietzsche, especially the Nietzsche of the Genealogy of Morals, is another great subverter of received reality.
Blog text (20) -
Quite apart from what seems to be the still-open question of whether Hitler was a radical subverter of German national culture or the logical expression of certain strains of German thought, Will's analysis does not seem to take quite seriously enough the limitations of tradition as a source of knowability and consistency in political questions.
Academic text (1999) -
The political subverter organized protests to challenge the government's authority.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who speaks against the government or its leaders and may be punished
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A person who supports or takes part in political change to remove a government
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8.1
A person who tries to weaken or remove a government
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7.4
A person who openly opposes their government or its policies
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7.0
A person who takes strong action to change a government or society
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9.8
A person who takes part in an armed attack to try to remove a government
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9.4
A person who encourages others to rebel against the government or other authority
A person who takes part in a revolt against authority
Antonyms
How Subversive
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subverter comes from the parts sub- 'under' and vert 'turn', the same 'turn' you see in convert. So, a subverter is someone who tries to 'turn' a system from below, that is, to secretly weaken or overthrow it.