subversive

 
Pronunciation: /səbˈvəːsɪv/

adjective

  • seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution: subversive literature

noun

  • a subversive person: the government claimed we were subversives or terrorists

Derivatives

subversively

adverb

subversiveness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from medieval Latin subversivus, from the verb subvertere (see subvert)