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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
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In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

What’s happened in tech media the past few years has been an inversion of that old principle often attributed to William Randolph Hearst.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2026

He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

For example, if the F sharps are written as G flats, or if the A's are sharp instead of natural, you have a different chord, not an inversion of the same chord.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is unique in that it is a 72 mph ride with vehicles created to rotate 360 degrees through multiple inversions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

"When different cichlid species interbred, entire inversions can be passed between them -- bringing along key survival traits, like adaptations to specific environments, speeding up the process of evolution," said Blumer.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

Pollution spikes are common in the city of nearly 400,000, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the mountain-ringed city.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

The Nursey album also points to remarkable inversions of gender dynamics.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

Inversions of major intervals are minor, and inversions of minor intervals are major.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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