Definitionadj. in opposition to a civil authority or government
Last update: February 6, 2017
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The group published a subversive magazine that contained nothing but negative articles about the current government. [verb]
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On Sunday night, the subversive members of the church usually meet to discuss ways to get rid of their minister. [Please select]
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At Faenza, Piacenza, Cremona, Pavia and Milan, where subversive associa tions were stronger, it assumed the complexion of a political revolt. [Please select]
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In the tap-rooms, "subversive" pamphlets were read. [Please select]
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The war is sometimes subversive of nice table decorum. [Please select]
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It was placed upon the "Index" in Italy, as being subversive of established authority. [Please select]
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This use of the terms, therefore, is subversive of the ends of language. [Please select]
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It represented the woman as doing an unusual thing: therefore a dangerous, possibly subversive thing. [Please select]
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