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diversionist
noun[ C ]
disapprovinguk /daɪˈvɜː.ʃən.ɪst/ us /dɪˈvɝː.ʃən.ɪst/
a person who tries to damage something such as an organization or political system, or tries to prevent it from working as it should:
They were a gang of diversionists working for the intelligence services of a foreign state.
The secret police had organized a wide network of diversionists in the city.
The diversionists were trying to interfere with the factory's work.
The government labelled him as a diversionist.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Upsetting and destabilizing
bring
bring someone down
delegitimize
destabilization
destabilize
disruptive
disruptively
knock/throw someone for a loopidiom
loop
make wavesidiom
put the skids under somethingidiom
skid
stir
turn
unsettle
unsettling
unspool
unspooling
upset
wave
diversionist
adjective
disapprovinguk /daɪˈvɜː.ʃən.ɪst/ us /dɪˈvɝː.ʃən.ɪst/
trying to damage something such as an organization or political system, or trying to prevent it from working as it should:
They were accused of working with diversionist forces.
There are a number of diversionist groups working in the country.
They are thought to be conducting diversionist activity against foreign states on social media.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Upsetting and destabilizing
bring
bring someone down
delegitimize
destabilization
destabilize
disruptive
disruptively
knock/throw someone for a loopidiom
loop
make wavesidiom
put the skids under somethingidiom
skid
stir
turn
unsettle
unsettling
unspool
unspooling
upset
wave
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