"complete subversion" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
The phrase is usually used to describe a total overthrow of the existing order or system, or else a sudden, massive ideological or moral change. For example: "The revolution brought about a complete subversion of the country's traditional values."
"What a complete subversion of history!" says Manfredi.
Graham's achievement in this novel is his complete subversion of our cosy image of the nocturnal visitor, as well as the metaphorical treatment of puberty.
Tony Reeler, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum, said there had been a "complete subversion of the democratic electoral process".
Or, is this a complete subversion of our legal system, flipping the bird at a democracy that relies on the scales of justice to balance power in a power-hungry bureaucracy?
An ultrasound examination dating back to 1997, documented a complete subversion of the echotexture of the whole gland and the presence of a large nodule in the right lobe displaying a complex echotexture.
Malignancies were characterized by a complete architectural subversion.
Finally, breast cancer was characterized by a complete architectural subversion: ductal carcinoma was characterized by ill-defined structures, with dark borders and irregular ductal shape, formingribbons, tubules or nests; mucinous carcinoma showed smaller cells organized in clusters, floating in an amorphous extracellular matrix.
Of course, no real subversion of justice would be complete without a wholesale denial of due process for the defense.
BEIJING — Hu Jia, one of China's most prominent social activists and a leading political dissident, was released from prison on Sunday after completing a 42-month sentence for state subversion, his wife, Zeng Jinyan, stated in a post on the American microblog Twitter.
Just days after completing a 12-year jail term for subversion, Qin Yongmin vowed to advance human rights and democracy in China.
BEIJING — The wife of the internationally known human rights activist Hu Jia said Wednesday that she and her daughter could be forced out of their apartment in Shenzhen only weeks before he is scheduled to complete a 42-month prison sentence for state subversion.
