SUBVERSIVE


Meaning of SUBVERSIVE in English

/ səbˈvɜːsɪv; NAmE -ˈvɜːrs-/ adjective

trying or likely to destroy or damage a government or political system by attacking it secretly or indirectly

SYN seditious

►  sub·ver·sive noun :

He was a known political subversive.

►  sub·ver·sive·ly adverb

►  sub·ver·sive·ness noun [ U ]

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin subversivus , from the verb subvertere , from sub- from below + vertere to turn.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.