inversion

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

From BBC

The study also documented frequent inversions, where hatchlings flipped onto their backs while trying to scale the seaweed.

From Science Daily

At the same time, you had this status inversion, where all of a sudden, people who had previously been enslaved had been freed and now had some political power.

From Scientific American

Which is to say, one in which every bump and inversion is intentional.

From New York Times

While inverted yield curves, where long-dated borrowing costs are lower than shorter-dated ones, are good recession predictors, inversion has been followed by steepening as past recessions neared.

From Reuters