Subversive \Sub*ver"sive\, a. [Cf. F. subversif.] Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. --Rogers.
subversive adj : in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: {insurgent}, {seditious}] subversive n : a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: {revolutionist}, {revolutionary}, {subverter}]