subversiveness

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Townsend’s subversiveness serves a purpose; he is making an artistic comment on gentrification and urban renovation in Providence as well as capitalism and the unrealistic/unattainable fantasies of consumerism.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

With great subversiveness, Portis consistently abjured America’s postwar fetishes for progress, social mobility and affluence.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

How do you think about boundaries of subversiveness now, and what are your thoughts on media conformism today?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

So he has aimed for humor, charm and, of course, a little subversiveness.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

All this requires less violence and subversiveness, more patience and constructive propaganda, less appeal to the armed might of a determined minority.

From The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Russell, Bertrand