subversiveness

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Just enough, I’d say, and I would add that I don’t think “Barbie’s” worth is ultimately predicated on its subversiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 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

And yet there was a subversiveness to Heche that threaded through her best performances, as well as an ability to laugh at herself that undermined her reputation in the culture at large.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

The subversiveness of Mr. Leath's opinions was enhanced by the distinction of his appearance and the reserve of his manners.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith