Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subversive"
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) 1.7 (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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