trying or likely to destroy or damage a government or political system by attacking it secretly or indirectly:
subversive literature / activities
subversive noun:
He was a known political subversive.
subversively adverb
subversiveness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is subversive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, subversive is tagged as adjective.
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