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Meanings of subversive in inglês

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A radical supporter of political or social revolution.

revolucionários

In opposition to a civil authority or government.

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Examples for "revolutionary"
1
The revolutionary change clearly has major implications in terms of property values.
The Irish Times
2
But right now they remain a constant hope for certain revolutionary factions.
Pathfinder
3
He is a participant in a revolutionary new education programme, launched today.
The Irish Times
4
When they read Gunther's book, they thought a revolutionary situation had developed.
The new yorker
5
Then a revolutionary new eye operation might just help clear things up.
The Irish Times
1
Nay, it is only now that the work of the revolutionist begins.
The Conquest of Bread
2
He has no loyalty; therefore he can never be really a revolutionist.
Orthodoxy
3
Winter heaved a sigh of relief when the professional revolutionist had vanished.
The Postmaster's Daughter
4
He is assuming the added duty of revolutionist as well as artist.
The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915
5
He reflected that a revolutionist is seldom true to the settled type.
Under Western Eyes
1
None, that is, until the riding-hour came, and Nikky, subverter of all discipline.
Long Live the King!
2
Well, I call him something a great deal worse-anunworthy skulk, a lunatic, a subverter of rank, and a Radical!
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
3
Dick denounced the plotting and perfidious Spaniard as a traitor to the King and a subverter of the Protestant faith; and counselled vengeance upon him.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
4
They are held in great odium by the generality of the public, and are considered as subverters of all morality whatever.
Erewhon; Or, Over the Range
5
"But I cannot see that they are subverters of the faith," answered the youth hotly.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
Usage of subversive in inglês
1
Their work is connected by questions of change, memory and subversive individuality.
The Irish Times
2
Actually, I have often been the one doing the subversive conflict thing.
Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
3
Stock Question Three would be: Do you belong to any subversive organization?
Dayworld Rebel
4
Crowd-pleasing musicals could take on a subversive frisson with the new approach.
The Guardian
5
The insistence of the celebrated subversive journalist rankled in his mind strangely.
Under Western Eyes
6
Walk among the eerie machines and mannequins of this subversive director's work.
The Guardian
7
In fact, I hadn't even known that such a subversive group existed.
Dayworld Rebel
8
The army, gathered in Cádiz, was very soon undermined by subversive ideas.
Simón Bolívar (The Liberator) / Patriot, Warrior, Statesman, Fat...
9
Now he's back with Paper Music, a witty, gently subversive cine-concert evening.
The South African
10
Throughout its nearly 100 pages, the book rarely ceases to be subversive.
Reuters
11
And yet the book is subversive as well as funny and comforting.
The Guardian
12
There was something subversive and undermining and unnerving in its very atmosphere.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
13
It was subversive and gritty, a poetry-kaleidoscope trip into the for-profit future.
Wired
14
The lines became a kind of literary ear-worm: subtle, rich and subversive.
The Guardian
15
He watched and recorded their subversive activities with love, amusement, and detachment.
The Sirens of Titan
16
Puritanism was therefore threatening to become directly subversive of the established order.
England under the Tudors
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