eversiveadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈvəːsɪv/, U.S.

/əˈvərsɪv/,

/iˈvərsɪv/

Forms: 1600s euersiue, 1600s– eversive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ēvers- , ēvertere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin ēvers-, past participial stem of ēvertere evert v. + -ive suffix.Compare post-classical Latin eversivus (14th cent. in a British source).

Now rare.

That tends or is intended to overthrow something. Also (in quot. 1975): that turns something inside out. Also with of.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > tending to overthrow

eversive1626

subversive1642

subvertive1647

subversionary1861

1626 D. Featley Second Parallel 72 Nothing can be..more destructiue, or euersiue then that, which ouerthroweth the very essence, and substance of it.

1661 Phil-Alethio Resol. Subjects Scotl. 14 Plainly Anarchical and eversive of all Government whatsomever.

1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 324 Changing that imposition to some other shape, as eversive of the rights of the Christian people.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 201 Schemes..eversive of true knowledge.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) IV. xvii. 110 No Man..can possibly be bound by any Consents or Contracts eversive of the Laws of God and of their own Nature.

1800 A. Geddes Crit. Remarks Hebrew Script. xi. 205 A maxim eversive..of all justice and morality.

1842 W. M. Hetherington Hist. Church Scotl. (new ed.) 295 Even this plausible declaration..did contain much neutralizing and eversive elements.

1887 St. G. W. J. Stock Introd. in Plato Meno i. 11 Plato's works are either—physical, logical, ethical, political,..tentative, probative, or eversive.

1975 Sci. Fiction Stud. 2 83 In many forms of literature time and space are juggled or fractured; but eversive movements of time and space are most commonly apparent in science fiction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eversive
释义	eversiveadj. Brit. /ᵻˈvəːsɪv/, U.S. /əˈvərsɪv/, /iˈvərsɪv/ Forms: 1600s euersiue, 1600s– eversive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ēvers- , ēvertere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ēvers-, past participial stem of ēvertere evert v. + -ive suffix.Compare post-classical Latin eversivus (14th cent. in a British source). Now rare. That tends or is intended to overthrow something. Also (in quot. 1975): that turns something inside out. Also with of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [adjective] > tending to overthrow eversive1626 subversive1642 subvertive1647 subversionary1861 1626 D. Featley Second Parallel 72 Nothing can be..more destructiue, or euersiue then that, which ouerthroweth the very essence, and substance of it. 1661 Phil-Alethio Resol. Subjects Scotl. 14 Plainly Anarchical and eversive of all Government whatsomever. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 324 Changing that imposition to some other shape, as eversive of the rights of the Christian people. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 201 Schemes..eversive of true knowledge. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) IV. xvii. 110 No Man..can possibly be bound by any Consents or Contracts eversive of the Laws of God and of their own Nature. 1800 A. Geddes Crit. Remarks Hebrew Script. xi. 205 A maxim eversive..of all justice and morality. 1842 W. M. Hetherington Hist. Church Scotl. (new ed.) 295 Even this plausible declaration..did contain much neutralizing and eversive elements. 1887 St. G. W. J. Stock Introd. in Plato Meno i. 11 Plato's works are either—physical, logical, ethical, political,..tentative, probative, or eversive. 1975 Sci. Fiction Stud. 2 83 In many forms of literature time and space are juggled or fractured; but eversive movements of time and space are most commonly apparent in science fiction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1626
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