subversive

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US /səbˈvɝsɪv/ UK /səbˈvɜːsɪv/
adj Freq #18694

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

    Subversive influence.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · intending to subvert,... insurgentseditious
More revolutionaryrevolutionistsubverter
Word family
Derived forms antisubversivecountersubversivenonsubversive

Etymology

See subvert and -ive.

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