culture war
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culture war
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Calque of German Kulturkampf.
noun culture wars
- A political struggle for control over cultural institutions.
- Conflict between different ideological groups, especially political conflict for cultural dominance between liberals and conservatives in the United States. Little wonder, then, that stories about the “culture wars” have been burning up the pages of newspapers, magazines, and intellectual journals for the past few years: There’s so much more to fight about these days.
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noun political conflict for cultural dominance
| Español | guerra cultural, batalla cultural |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 文化战争 |
| Français | guerre culturelle |
| Deutsch | Kulturkampf |
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@misc{culture_war_2026,
title = {culture war},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/culture%20war},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
