Cultural Revolution

noun

1. a radical sociopolitical movement in China c1966–71, led by Mao Zedong and characterized by military rule, terrorism, purges, restructuring of the educational system, etc. Compare Gang of Four, Red Guard.

Cultural Revolution

noun

1. (in China) a mass movement (1965–68), in which the youthful Red Guard played a prominent part. It was initiated by Mao Tse-tung to destroy the power of the bureaucrats and to revolutionize the attitudes and behaviour of the people Also calledGreat Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cultural Revolution¹

Translation of Chinese wénhuà gémìng

Example Sentences

The author dives deep into the hardships that his father, Ai Qing, endured during China’s Cultural Revolution—and how that familial history shaped his own childhood and artistry.

From Time

The essay, picked up by China’s state media outlets, prompted comparisons with a 1965 article that launched China’s chaotic decade-long Cultural Revolution, and left even some in the party establishment worried.

From Washington Post

After China’s Cultural Revolution, Weiwei’s father, the celebrated poet Ai Qing, was sentenced to hard labor in a remote area called “Little Siberia,” with his family—including young Weiwei—in tow.

From Time

When China’s Cultural Revolution ended, Zhong got a degree in journalism from a local university and worked as a reporter in the early 1980s.

From Fortune

The youth numbers are so huge, so I think there will be a cultural revolution sooner than we think.

From The Daily Beast

But also, many of them have gone through the Cultural Revolution just like me.

From The Daily Beast

Although within China it was acknowledged, the atrocity of the Cultural Revolution, it was not outside of China.

From The Daily Beast

During the Cultural Revolution, he had to leave school to work in an oil factory.

From The Daily Beast

During the enforced egalitarianism of the 1966–76 Cultural Revolution, very few ordinary citizens owned dogs.

From The Daily Beast

The Cultural Revolution was still in motion as of the early months of 1970.

From Project Gutenberg