subversive
adjective
[ səbˈvəːsɪv ]
• seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
• "subversive literature"
Similar:
disruptive,
troublemaking,
inflammatory,
insurgent,
insurrectionary,
insurrectionist,
agitational,
rabble-rousing,
seditious,
revolutionary,
treasonous,
treacherous,
mutinous,
rebellious,
rebel,
renegade,
unpatriotic,
dissident,
disloyal,
perfidious,
insubordinate,
underground,
undermining,
corrupting,
discrediting,
destructive,
harmful,
subversive
noun
• a subversive person.
• "they and their companions were identified as subversives"
Similar:
troublemaker,
dissident,
agitator,
disruptor,
revolutionary,
revolutionist,
insurgent,
insurrectionist,
insurrectionary,
renegade,
rebel,
mutineer,
traitor,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin subversivus, from the verb subvertere (see subvert).
