"Cultural Revolution" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Calque of Chinese 文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng) Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|文化大革命}} 文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Cultural Revolution}} Cultural Revolution
  1. (historical) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of the Communist China. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Maoism Translations (Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution): 無產階級文化大革命 (Chinese Mandarin), 无产阶级文化大革命 (Wúchǎn Jiējí Wénhuà Dà Gémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 文革 (Wéngé) (Chinese Mandarin), kulturrevolution [common-gender] (Danish), Culturele Revolutie [feminine] (Dutch), kulttuurivallankumous (Finnish), grande révolution culturelle prolétarienne [feminine] (French), révolution culturelle [feminine] (French), Große Proletarische Kulturrevolution [feminine] (German), Kulturrevolution [feminine] (German), Πολιτιστική Επανάσταση (Politistikí Epanástasi) [feminine] (Greek), kulturális forradalom (Hungarian), 文化大革命 (Bunka Dai-Kakumei) (alt: ぶんかだいかくめい) (Japanese), Соёлын хувьсгал (Sojolyn xuvʹsgal) (Mongolian), انقلاب فرهنگی چین (Persian), Grande Revolução Cultural Proletária [feminine] (Portuguese), Вели́кая пролета́рская культу́рная револю́ция (Velíkaja proletárskaja kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija) [feminine] (Russian), культу́рная револю́ция (kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija) [feminine] (Russian), Gran Revolución Cultural Proletaria [feminine] (Spanish), Revolución Cultural [feminine] (Spanish), การปฏิวัติทางวัฒนธรรม (gaanbpàdtìwát-dtìtaang-wáttánátam) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Cultural_Revolution-en-name-9Gb2wS2e Disambiguation of Maoism: 86 8 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 24 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 22 15 Disambiguation of 'Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution': 70 27 3
  2. (historical) The Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980-1987. Tags: historical Translations (Iran's Cultural Revolution): 伊朗文化革命 (Yīlǎng wénhuà gémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), Culturele Revolutie [feminine] (Dutch), Cu [feminine] (Dutch), kulttuurivallankumous (Finnish), Kulturrevolution [feminine] (German), انقلاب فرهنگی ایران (Persian), انقلاب فرهنگی (Persian)
    Sense id: en-Cultural_Revolution-en-name-sw428EoM Disambiguation of "Iran's Cultural Revolution": 30 67 3
  3. Any reform movement in which a national government aims to radically change its country's political, social, economical and cultural values.
    Sense id: en-Cultural_Revolution-en-name-zBIMTUXU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (any Cultural Revolution): ثَوْرَة ثَقَافِيَّة (ṯawra ṯaqāfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 文化革命 (wénhuà gémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), kulturrevolution [common-gender] (Danish), Culturele Revolutie [feminine] (Dutch), kulttuurivallankumous (Finnish), révolution culturelle [feminine] (French), Kulturrevolution [feminine] (German), πολιτιστική επανάσταση (politistikí epanástasi) (Greek), kulturális forradalom (Hungarian), 文化革命 (bunka kakumei) (alt: ぶんかかくめい) (Japanese), انقلاب فرهنگی (Persian), revolução cultural [feminine] (Portuguese), культу́рная револю́ция (kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija) [feminine] (Russian), revolución cultural [feminine] (Spanish), การปฏิวัติทางวัฒนธรรม (gaan bpàdtìwát taang wáttánátam) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'any Cultural Revolution': 46 46 9

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        "1": "文化大革命"
      },
      "expansion": "文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Chinese 文化大革命 (Wénhuà Dà Gémìng)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Cultural Revolution"
      },
      "expansion": "Cultural Revolution",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 569",
          "text": "From briefing material I was aware that Chiang Ching was an ideological fanatic who had strongly opposed my trip. She had led a checkered and contradictory life, from her younger days as an aspiring actress to her leadership of the radical forces in the Cultural Revolution of 1966. For many years she had been Mao's wife in name only, but there was no better name in China, and she had used it for all it was worth to build up her personal faction of supporters.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Chen Yizi (陳一諮), quotee, Children of the Dragon: The Story of Tiananmen Square, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Diana B. Kingsbury, “The Authors”, in 金婉婷 [Diana B. Kingsbury], transl., I Wish I Were a Wolf: The New Voice in Chinese Women's Literature [我要属狼:中国当代女性文学选], 1st edition, Beijing: New World Press, →OCLC, page 248",
          "text": "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 Province.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1998, Lowell Dittmer, Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, M.E. Sharpe, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5",
          "text": "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.”]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367, column 2",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 December 1, Sky Canaves, “A Rare Media Critique of the Chinese System from Within”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-11",
          "text": "In China, theres 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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →OCLC, →OL, pages 22–23",
          "text": "In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 October 2, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Fate Catches Up to a Cultural Revolution Museum in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-10-03, Asia Pacific",
          "text": "Amid yellow pagodas pointing heavenward, Mr. Peng and a small group of volunteers built memorial arches across the park’s steep roads and paths lined with riotous subtropical vegetation. The site, in the Chenghai district of Shantou, was an appropriate place for memory — Buddhist pagodas are associated with the dead, and many local victims of the Cultural Revolution lie here, many buried in mass graves.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of the Communist China."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "Communist China",
          "Communist China"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of the Communist China."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980-1987."
      ],
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        "(historical) The Iran's Cultural Revolution of 1980-1987."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any reform movement in which a national government aims to radically change its country's political, social, economical and cultural values."
      ],
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        [
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          "reform"
        ],
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        ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "無產階級文化大革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wúchǎn Jiējí Wénhuà Dà Gémìng",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "无产阶级文化大革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wénhuà Dà Gémìng",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "文化大革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wéngé",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "文革"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Culturele Revolutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "kulttuurivallankumous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grande révolution culturelle prolétarienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "révolution culturelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Große Proletarische Kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Politistikí Epanástasi",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Πολιτιστική Επανάσταση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "kulturális forradalom"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんかだいかくめい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Bunka Dai-Kakumei",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "文化大革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Sojolyn xuvʹsgal",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "Соёлын хувьсгал"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "انقلاب فرهنگی چین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grande Revolução Cultural Proletária"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Velíkaja proletárskaja kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вели́кая пролета́рская культу́рная револю́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "культу́рная револю́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gran Revolución Cultural Proletaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Revolución Cultural"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaanbpàdtìwát-dtìtaang-wáttánátam",
      "sense": "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "การปฏิวัติทางวัฒนธรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yīlǎng wénhuà gémìng",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "伊朗文化革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Culturele Revolutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "kulttuurivallankumous"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "انقلاب فرهنگی ایران"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Iran's Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "انقلاب فرهنگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯawra ṯaqāfiyya",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ثَوْرَة ثَقَافِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wénhuà gémìng",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "文化革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Culturele Revolutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "kulttuurivallankumous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "révolution culturelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kulturrevolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "politistikí epanástasi",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "πολιτιστική επανάσταση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "kulturális forradalom"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんかかくめい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bunka kakumei",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "文化革命"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "انقلاب فرهنگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "revolução cultural"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulʹtúrnaja revoljúcija",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "культу́рная револю́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "revolución cultural"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan bpàdtìwát taang wáttánátam",
      "sense": "any Cultural Revolution",
      "word": "การปฏิวัติทางวัฒนธรรม"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cultural Revolution"
  ],
  "word": "Cultural Revolution"
}

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