Meanings
adjectivecountersubversive (not comparable)
- not comparableOpposing subversive activities.
nouncountersubversive (plural countersubversives)
plural countersubversives
- One who opposes subversive activities.
As countersubversives saw it, queer artists worked hand in hand (literally, it seemed) with political subversives while their decadent art undermined America's cultural offensive. These suspicions went public in 1953 […]
2007, Michael S. Sherry, Gay Artists in Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反顛覆 /反颠覆
- 反顛覆 /反颠覆 (fǎndiānfù)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with countersubversive
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APA
countersubversive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersubversive
MLA
“countersubversive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersubversive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countersubversive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersubversive.
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