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Definition of subversive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

subversive

adjective
 
/səbˈvɜːsɪv/
 
/səbˈvɜːrsɪv/
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  1. trying or likely to destroy or damage a government or political system by attacking it secretly or indirectly synonym seditious
    • subversive activities
    Topics War and conflictc2
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin subversivus, from the verb subvertere, from sub- ‘from below’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
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