subversiveness
noun [ U ] uk/səbˈvɜː.sɪv.nəs/ us/səbˈvɝː.sɪv.nəs/
颠覆性
behaviour or activities that try to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system
Many people have written about the subversiveness of the story's plot. 很多人都评论过这个故事情节的颠覆性。
The novel was banned once the authorities understood the subversiveness of its subject. 一旦当局了解其主题的颠覆性，这部小说就被禁止了。
See: subversive
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- He has still got a dark streak of subversiveness about him.
- Their flowery language covers a hidden subversiveness.
- The prisoners respond to their captors' brutality with resistance, subversiveness or bitter resentment.