subversion
/səbˈvəːʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution: the ruthless subversion of democracy an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion [count noun]: subversions of conventional morality...
- The director's subversion of the hero myth is spelled out clearly by the contrast between the movie's two parts.
- The artist's show of drawings and paper constructions continued his sly, joyous subversion of traditional mediums.
- Even women starting to wear trousers was an act of subversion.
