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
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Once upon a time, when DreamWorks Animation was just an upstart competitor to Disney and Pixar, this fairy-tale satire surprised audiences with its cheeky subversion of the cartoon status quo.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
Supreme Court The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its final opinions of the term today, resolving the question of whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from federal election subversion charges.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 1 July 2024
The additional fact-finding the justices ordered in the election subversion case in Washington could take months — and subsequent appeals could drag that process out even longer.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
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“Subversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subversion. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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