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Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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Noun

1. cultural revolution, great proletarian cultural revolution

a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

see synonyms of great proletarian cultural revolution
noun
(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 called: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

see synonyms of great proletarian cultural revolution
a movement (1966-76) in the People's Republic of China initiated by Mao Tse-tung to strengthen his position and reduce elitism in social and cultural institutions: it resulted in social and economic chaos, political purges, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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