Cultural Revolution

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Cultural Revolution

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Calque from Chinese 文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng).

proper noun the Cultural Revolution

  1. historical The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of Communist China (1966–1976). 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.
  2. historical Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980–1983.
  3. broadly Any reform movement in which a national government aims to radically change its country's political, social, economical, and cultural values. First, they came for Seuss. Then, Ook and Gluk. The Cultural Revolution in our midst.

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name any Cultural Revolution

Españolrevolución cultural
日本語文化革命 bunka kakumei
中文文化革命 wénhuà gémìng
Portuguêsrevolução cultural
Françaisrévolution culturelle
DeutschKulturrevolution
Ελληνικάπολιτιστική επανάσταση politistikí epanástasi
Русскийкульту́рная револю́ция kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija
العربيةثَوْرَة ثَقَافِيَّة ṯawra ṯaqāfiyya

name Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

EspañolGran Revolución Cultural Proletaria, Revolución Cultural
한국어문화대혁명 Munhwadaehyeongmyeong, 문혁 Munhyeok
日本語文化大革命 Bunka Dai-Kakumei, 文革
中文無產階級文化大革命 /无产阶级文化大革命 Wúchǎn Jiējí Wénhuà Dà Gémìng, 文化大革命 Wénhuà Dà Gémìng, 文革 Wéngé, 十年動亂 /十年动乱 shínián dòngluàn, 十年浩劫 shínián hàojié
PortuguêsGrande Revolução Cultural Proletária
Françaisgrande révolution culturelle prolétarienne, révolution culturelle
DeutschGroße Proletarische Kulturrevolution, Kulturrevolution
ΕλληνικάΠολιτιστική Επανάσταση Politistikí Epanástasi
РусскийВели́кая пролета́рская культу́рная револю́ция Velíkaja proletárskaja kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija, культу́рная револю́ция kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija
Tiếng ViệtĐại Cách mạng Văn hoá vô sản

name Iran's Cultural Revolution

中文伊朗文化革命 Yīlǎng wénhuà gémìng
DeutschKulturrevolution

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@misc{cultural_revolution_2026,
  title = {Cultural Revolution},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cultural%20revolution},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}