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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subversive 
  adj  :  in  opposition  to  a  civil  authority  or  government  [syn:  {insurgent}, 
  {seditious}] 
  n  :  a  radical  supporter  of  political  or  social  revolution  [syn: 
  {revolutionist},  {revolutionary},  {subverter}] 




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