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

Hundreds of black clergymen, journalists, civil rights activists, teachers, lawyers, students and anyone suspected of subversive acts had been detained.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane