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subversive

adjective as in rebellious, destructive

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Mostly they are performed for the pleasure of men, but they can be adapted to secretly subversive ends.

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His subversive reflection was that centre-left parties had been "squeamish" about saying things that were "clearly true" about controlling borders.

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The White House feeds its preferred outlets — Real America’s Voice, Right Side Broadcasting, Fox News and a handful of right-wing influencers — while starving mainstream reporters of access and painting them as subversive threats.

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We already have a chief executive who has repeatedly demonstrated that he sees himself as the president of red America, of those who support him unequivocally, with everyone else regarded as evil or subversive.

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Smart, subversive and funny, the album contains some painfully sharp observations on relationships and impossible beauty standards that had her "trying to wax my legs with tape" at the age of nine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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