subversion
Example Sentences
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It’s an argument that Superman’s golly gee spirit is his greatest asset, no subversion necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
An edgy weirdness runs throughout this slim subversion of a crime novel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Perversely, it’s times like these, when subversion and subtlety are required, that creativity flourishes.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
There have been a deluge of examples of this subversion in recent days.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
When the war was over, while Colonel Aureliano Buendía was sneaking about through the narrow trails of permanent subversion, General Moncada was named magistrate of Macondo.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing subversion
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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This Week in Words: October 1 - 6, 2017
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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