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countersubversives

countersubversives is the plural of countersubversive.

Meaning of countersubversive

Noun

countersubversive (plural countersubversives)

  1. 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

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Questions about countersubversives

What is countersubversives the plural of?
Countersubversives is the plural of countersubversive.

Words near countersubversives in the dictionary

  1. counterstyles
  2. countersubject
  3. countersubjects
  4. countersubversion
  5. countersubversive
  6. countersubversives
  7. countersue
  8. countersued
  9. countersues
  10. countersuggestion
  11. countersuggestions

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