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
Kyler Alvord, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
This scene has been studied and written about by countless scholars and academics as a groundbreaking subversion of the male gaze and of the consumption of women as products.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House chief of staff, and longtime ally Rudy Giuliani are among the 16 total defendants with remaining charges in the Arizona election subversion case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Lawyers for the Justice Department argued in the court filing Wednesday that there was no legal basis for preventing the release of the portion of the report related to Trump's election subversion case.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subversion. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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