subversive

Example Sentences

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I think “Animal House” was also subtly subversive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In 2015, he transformed the dilapidated Tropicana lido in Weston-super-Mare, which he had visited as a child, into the subversive tourist attraction Dismaland.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He was an initiator of "Inked Without Regret", a 2020 declaration seen by the court as evidence of the subversive intentions of its signatories.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

As Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation sparks a sell-out frenzy for “Wuthering Heights,” six authors discuss the enduring, “toxic” and subversive legacy of Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

A handful of other men were also interested, and the questions were many and good when Clevinger and the subversive corporal finished and made the mistake of asking if there were any.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller