cultural revolution
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of Communist China (1966–1976).
name
Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980–1983.
name
Any reform movement in which a national government aims to radically change its country's political, social, economical, and cultural values.
Example Sentences
- "Since the Cultural Revolution, in particular since the movement to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius, party organizations at all levels in Shensi have attached importance to cultivating new cadres."
- "The Cultural Revolution created enormous dislocations in the Chinese economy and society.[...]During the Cultural Revolution I was exiled to Xincai County in Henan Province. There, 36 percent of the people starved to death in the early 1960s."
- "Li Xiaojiang was born in 1952 in Henan Province. She worked in the countryside for three years during the Cultural Revolution before being assigned a job as fitter and driver in a machine factory in Wuhan, Hebei^([sic – meaning Hubei]) Province."
- "Liu’s person and his public meaning became completely estranged: the former was cut off from the instruments of policy and sequestered in his official residence at Chungnanhai, but the other “Liu” became the animating spirit of opposition against which the GPCR was waged, and indeed proved so dauntless and resourceful an opponent that he could be vanquished only after two years of fierce “struggle.”"
- "Not until 1421, when all the temples and palaces necessary for the imperial ceremonies needed to reconcile Heaven and Earth had been built, did Emperor Yongle dare to make the great move. Beijing, the "Northern Capital" replaced Nanjing, the provisional "Southern Capital." The Heavenly Temple and the Altars of Earth, Moon and Sun, Nine Dragon Wall and Echo Wall, Drum Tower and Bell Tower all testify to the artistry of that era. Though damaged during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), they have since been restored and now once again evoke the wonder and admiration of visitors."
- "In China, theres^([sic – meaning there's]) a long tradition of using Cultural Revolution-style stock phrases to marginalize protest activities and those who engage in them. Unrest is predictably blamed on a small group of people with ulterior motives," "evil forces plotting behind the scenes," and "masses who don't know the truth.""
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the Cultural Revolution (canonical)