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sub·ver·sive
(səb-vûr′sĭv, -zĭv)adj.
Intending or intended to subvert an established order, especially to undermine or overthrow an established government: subversive groups; subversive publications.
n.
One who advocates or is regarded as advocating subversion.
sub·ver′sive·ly adv.
sub·ver′sive·ness n.
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subversive
(səbˈvɜːsɪv) orsubversionary
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) liable to subvert or overthrow a government, legally constituted institution, etc
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person engaged in subversive activities, etc
subˈversively adv
subˈversiveness n
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sub•ver•sive
(səbˈvɜr sɪv)adj.
1. tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or undermine a legally constituted government.
n. 2. a person who adopts subversive principles or policies.
sub•ver′sive•ly, adv.
sub•ver′sive•ness,
n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist - a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution dynamiter, dynamitist - a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause Girondin, Girondist - a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
Adj. | 1. | subversive - in opposition to a civil authority or government disloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" |
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subversive
adjective
1. seditious, inflammatory, incendiary, underground, undermining, destructive, overthrowing, riotous, insurrectionary, treasonous, perversive The play was promptly banned as subversive and possibly treasonous.
noun
1. dissident, terrorist, saboteur, insurrectionary, quisling, fifth columnist, deviationist, seditionary, seditionist Agents regularly rounded up suspected subversives.
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Translations
هَدّام، مُخَرِّب
rozvratný
undergravende
felforgató
niîurrifs-; spillandi
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subversive
[səbˈvɜːsɪv]A. ADJ [activity, literature, idea, group] → subversivo
the court found him guilty of subversive activities → el tribunal lo declaró culpable de llevar a cabo actividades subversivas
the court found him guilty of subversive activities → el tribunal lo declaró culpable de llevar a cabo actividades subversivas
B. N → elemento m subversivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
subversive
[səbˈvɜːrsɪv] adj → subversif/ive
n → subversif/ive m/f
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subversive
n → Umstürzler(in) m(f), → Subversive(r) mf
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subversive
[səbˈvɜːsɪv] adj & n → sovversivo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
subvert
(səbˈvəːt) verb to overthrow or ruin completely (eg a person's morals, loyalty, arguments, a government).
subˈversion (-ʃən) , ((American) -ʒən) nounsubˈversive (-siv) adjective
likely to destroy or overthrow (government, discipline in a school etc). That boy is a subversive influence in this class.
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