countersubversive en · ADJ
Etymology
From counter- + subversive.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Opposing subversive activities.
Translations (1)
cmn 反顛覆 /反颠覆 (Translations)
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
countersubversive en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + subversive.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| countersubversives | Number=Plur | lexicographic |