eversive
/ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
eversive adjective: tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
Adjective
eversive (comparative more eversive, superlative most eversive)
- Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
- a maxim eversive […] of all justice and morality1800, Alexander Geddes, A Modest Apology for the Roman Catholics of Great Britain
Forms of eversive
| comparative | more eversive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most eversive |
Origin of eversive
From Latin ēversīvus, from ēvertō.
Words that rhyme with eversive
- recursive
- cursive
- immersive
- adversive
- animadversive
- aversive
- conversive
- discursive
- dispersive
- excursive
- introversive
- semicursive
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- subversive
- abstersive
- antidiscursive
- antisubversive
- aspersive
- co-recursive
- compersive
- contraversive
- corecursive
- counterdiscursive
- countersubversive
- cyberdiscursive
- detersive
- electrodispersive
- extroversive
- immunosubversive
- incursive
- interconversive
- interdiscursive
- inversive
- ipsiversive
- left-recursive
- macrodiscursive
- metadiscursive
- microdiscursive
- monodispersive
- nonaversive
- noncursive
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nonimmersive
- nonrecursive
- nonsubversive
- overdispersive
- perversive
- photoaversive
- polydispersive
- precursive
- primitive recursive
- proaversive
- procursive
- pursive
- reversive
- Roman cursive
- semiodiscoursive
- submersive
- subrecursive
- superrecursive
Questions about eversive
- What does eversive mean?
- Eversive means tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
- What part of speech is eversive?
- Eversive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce eversive?
- Eversive is pronounced /ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪv/.
Words near eversive in the dictionary
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