countersubversive

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ subversive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

countersubversive (not comparable)

1. Opposing subversive activities.

Noun

countersubversive (plural countersubversives)

1. One who opposes subversive activities.
   • 2007, Michael S. Sherry, Gay Artists in Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy:

     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 […]