subversive
subversif
definition
noun
By now known as a subversive and revolutionary, Marx was expelled from Paris, at the request of the Prussian authorities.
a subversive person.
adjective
subversive literature
seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
translation of 'subversive'
noun
orang subversif
adjective
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example
Meanwhile the Directors sought to encourage less 'subversive' cults.
To a large extent, the job of a university is to be 'subversive' and provocative, while the job of capitalism is to harness human greed in order to build businesses that employ people and create wealth.
Even though there are some who may feel sympathetic with the philosophy scholar, it is generally agreed that the scope of his 'subversive' activities against his mother country are too grave to be exonerated.
There is an incipiently anarchistic and 'subversive' element to his work.
Over 60 of its members, including its leader, were arrested and accused of espionage, 'subversive' activities and other crimes.
Simply put, dominant institutions deploy orthodox strategies and 'subversive' institutions rely on heterodox ones.
Then came the fun of the '50s with comic books being called 'subversive' Communist propaganda.
By now known as a 'subversive' and revolutionary, Marx was expelled from Paris, at the request of the Prussian authorities.
But secondly, the movie is very dialectic and remains very 'subversive' , inasmuch as it has sympathy for rebellious characters.
Thus we have the makings of a quite 'subversive' literary tradition that seeks to undermine the tightly controlled world of the urban elites.
Soon after his release, he was convicted again for 'subversive' activities but managed to escape to Malaysia.
Was she a spy or a dangerous 'subversive' ?
In fact, people might be catching on to the scams more frequently these days, which is causing scammers to seek newer and more 'subversive' methods of fooling their prey.
But, faced with a deep division in society, the generals regard any influence exerted by alternative tendencies as being 'subversive' and dangerous.
The charges raised against them were political conspiracy with the aim of disrupting the work of the government, as well as 'subversive' propaganda and violent disruption of the state economic order.
Morality has been used as a smoke screen for political suppression, since the original target of any state censorship was not sex but politically 'subversive' material/literature.
Two years later, however, the king disbanded the Assembly, accusing some of its members of 'subversive' activities.
Many of these exiles launched a relentless crusade of anti-Catholic propaganda and 'subversive' literature against Mary, which the government was obliged to suppress or refute as best it could.
The family has become a 'subversive' institution - almost an underground conspiracy - at war with the state and the state-sponsored culture.
He has even banned 'subversive' activities such as opera, ballet and the circus.
Deemed a 'subversive' for her outspoken speeches against apartheid, her songs were never played on the radio.
I wish I could say that I was involved in 'subversive' terrorist activity while trying to smash a corrupt and evil government.
Now regarded as a dangerous 'subversive' , Emmeline was watched by plain clothes detectives.
However, other members have continued 'subversive' activities.
They also permit FBI agents to roam at will through the Internet to hunt for potential 'subversives' .
Others, as conductors on the Underground Railroad, were more directly and 'subversively' involved in securing freedom for slaves.
Less charitably, shouldn't indie kids be able to listen to music well-educated white people usually think is ‘beneath them’ without requiring it to give off the patina of 'subversiveness' ?
Such tactics were even praised by the Daily Telegraph recently as offering ‘an honest 'subversiveness' which a conservative newspaper can admire’.
The heavy use of vernacular speech in rap lyrics underscores the 'subversiveness' of hip hop with respect to mainstream culture and its consonance with vernacular cultural values.
‘We were expected to check these lists against our known 'subversives' and if any were seen on the list, strike a line through it,’ Robinson said.
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