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subversiveness

  • a word derived from subversive.
    subversive
    adjective
    Also subversionary tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.

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A warning to Ahmanson traditionalists: “A Strange Loop” may shock you with its whirling subversiveness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

In his public appearances, Williams often walks a fine line between parody and subversiveness, stunt and style.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

The Seattle Times spoke with Spiegelman over Zoom about revisiting this memoir, censorship and subversiveness, and the multiple meanings of the word “breakdowns.”

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 Bertrand Russell