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    subversive

    subversive - Dictionary definition and meaning for word subversive

    Definition
    (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution Definition
    (adj) in opposition to a civil authority or government
    Synonyms : insurgent , seditious
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for subversive

subversive--->reversive--->go against established rule.Revert (to cause downfall) from inside.

akin to invert (to place upside down), convert (to modify into another shape),. subvert is to "destroy something".

subvert - is to sub-war or sub-turn(vert means turn)

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subverse can be thought of as sub+verse, where verse is a novel expression so to bring a novel expression we need to destroy the sub part..

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