subversive

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The College Republicans chapter at UF has had a reputation for being energetic, subversive and confrontational, say students there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I think “Animal House” was also subtly subversive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“Infinite choice is exhausting. People are just tired of all of it. Putting a claim down on a piece of culture is in some ways subversive and fights back against platform control,” said Saxon.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Her Guardian colleague Rhik Samadder enjoys the "subversive" nature of The Muppets however, and the show-within-a-show.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Students were picked up who to my knowledge had never done anything subversive except call for an end to Bantu Education.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane