# zersetzend

zersetzend is a German adjective meaning “corrosive”.

## Meanings

1. corrosive
2. _figurative_ subversive
   - Er gestand, daß er von den zersetzenden bolschewistischen Strömungen nicht unberührt geblieben sei und mit der »Linken« kokettiert habe. — He admitted that he had not been untouched by the demoralizing Bolshevist currents of the age and had flirted with the Left.

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