subversion
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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
The chatbot must refuse to answer at least 95% of prompts designed to trigger responses leading to subversion of state power or discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Presenting masculine symbols while tweaking them or reappropriating them is a potent subversion of the norm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
That day, however, as Mary Jackson ran into Kazimierz Czarnecki on the west side of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, there was no turning inward, no subversion, and no dissembling.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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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