subversive
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I think “Animal House” was also subtly subversive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
In 2015, he transformed the dilapidated Tropicana lido in Weston-super-Mare, which he had visited as a child, into the subversive tourist attraction Dismaland.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Just for a moment, I wanted to join the badass gang that made subversive movies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Models Bella Hadid and Loli Bahia have also sported them with boyish style, adopting a long-standing tradition of wearing the necktie as a subversive projection of women's equal rights.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
For a long time there had been rumours—circulated, he had reason to think, by some malignant enemy—that there was something subversive and even revolutionary in the outlook of himself and his colleagues.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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