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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : suhb-vur-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈvɜr sɪv |
Definition of subversive
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin subvers-, past participle stem of subvertere (see subvert) + -ive. As a noun, attested from 1887.
- adj rebellious, destructive
- They remained to carry on his subversive treacherous intrigues.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- The doctrines inculcated in them were subversive of every principle of morality and religion.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- Disapproval in the majority of cases would have been subversive of all discipline.
- Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
- This is not subversive of inherited divisions of labor in the home.
- Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer
- Must I read about these things in the papers to keep up on subversive activity?
- Extract from : « The Deadly Daughters » by Winston K. Marks
- You mean it's sort of subversive not to spend money, is that it?
- Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
- To criticize it is a mistake; it is even, if I may for once use a harsh word, subversive.
- Extract from : « Marge Askinforit » by Barry Pain
- The family as subversive of true socialistic and communal unity is to be annihilated.
- Extract from : « Vera » by Oscar Wilde
- Flowers said indignantly, "But what's this charge that I'm participating in a subversive—"
- Extract from : « Subversive » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- This would be subversive of every thing like divine relationship.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh
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