subversive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
    revolutionary; subverter; revolutionist.
  2. adjective satellite in opposition to a civil authority or government
    insurgent; seditious.

WordNet

Sub*ver"sive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. subversif.
Definitions
  1. Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
    Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. Rogers.

Webster 1913