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English Dictionary: Subversive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subversive
adj
  1. in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive]
n
  1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Subversive \Sub*ver"sive\, a. [Cf. F. subversif.]
      Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
  
               Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design
               of conversation.                                    --Rogers.
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