Synonyms for subversive
səbˈvɜr sɪvsub·ver·sive

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1. subversivenoun

   Synonyms:
   revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter, insurgent, seditious

2. subversiveadjective

   Intending to subvert, overturn or undermine a government or authority

   Synonyms:
   subverter, revolutionist, revolutionary, insurgent, seditious

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1. revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverteradjective

   a radical supporter of political or social revolution

   Synonyms:
   subverter, revolutionist, revolutionary

   Antonyms:
   loyal

2. insurgent, seditious, subversiveadjective

   in opposition to a civil authority or government

   Synonyms:
   instigative, seditious, rabble-rousing, inflammatory, insurgent, incitive, incendiary

   Antonyms:
   loyal

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1. subversiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   destructive, tending to the overthrow

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1. List of paraphrases for "subversive":

   subversion, sabotage, destructive, anti-state

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How to use subversive in a sentence?

1. Raoul Vaneigem:

   People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.

2. Heba Amin:

   Based on previous episodes, they had made many mistakes and it was clear that they didn't have a strong research team, and so I figured this was the opportunity to incorporate subversive graffiti, what we are trying to raise is that regardless whether or not the show is fiction, it still has very dangerous implications because they're basically stereotyping an enormous region of people.

3. Jeff Wasserstrom:

   As in recent years, even the most roundabout references to the event get censors worked up and maybe even lead to arrests, while images of a man standing before a line of tanks are shown and described in various newspapers outside the mainland, on the Chinese internet even the word' today' may be treated as subversive content.

4. Henry Steele:

   Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

5. Marianne Moore:

   Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.