subversion
noun
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Subversion is literally the "turning over" of something. In the 1950s and '60s, many people worried about communist subversion of the U.S. government, though they often saw subversive activities where none existed. Nondemocratic governments often claim that anyone who disagrees with them or joins a demonstration is a subversive. But subversion isn't always quite so serious a matter; when words like weekend, sandwich, job, *and *camping started being used by the French, for example, some of them began claiming that America was subverting their language.
Examples of subversion in a Sentence
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.
—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a Wednesday filing that former President Donald Trump is not immune from election subversion charges.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump called for the immediate dismissal of the 2020 election subversion charges against him, arguing this week that the prosecution’s actions violate the Supreme Court‘s presidential immunity ruling and Trump’s due process rights.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subversion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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