eversivo

subversive

adjective eh-ver-SEE-voh Rare

Origin: From Latin eversivus (overturning).

Usage Note

Eversivo describes something or someone aimed at overthrowing the established order — stronger and more politically charged than sovversivo, which it closely parallels. It agrees in gender and number: eversiva, eversivi, eversive. In Italian legal and journalistic contexts it appears in phrases like strategia della tensione eversiva (strategy of subversive tension).

Examples

"Il gruppo aveva finalità eversive contro lo stato."

Natural Translation

The group had subversive aims against the state.

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