English Explanatory Dictionary

subversive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.
noun
  1. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
  2. One who subverts, a saboteur, provocateur, or propagandist.

Pronunciation

/səbˈvɝsɪv/ /sʌb-/ /-vɚsɪv/ [səbˈβɝsɪv] [səb̪ˈvɝsɪv] /səbˈvɜːsɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subversive.wav

Word forms

subversive more subversive most subversive subversives

Etymology

See subvert and -ive.

Synonyms

insurgent seditious revolutionist revolutionary subverter

Related words

subversion superversive

Derived words

antisubversive countersubversive nonsubversive immunosubversive subversive basics subversively subversiveness subversivism unsubversive
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