"struggle session" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: struggle sessions [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 批鬥大會/批斗大会 (pīdòu dàhuì) Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|批鬥大會}} 批鬥大會/批斗大会 (pīdòu dàhuì) Head templates: {{en-noun}} struggle session (plural struggle sessions)
  1. (historical) A form of public humiliation used by China in the Maoist period to shape public opinion and to humiliate or persecute political rivals. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Maoism
    Sense id: en-struggle_session-en-noun-Ri5daEfw Disambiguation of Maoism: 86 14 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: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16
  2. (by extension, figurative) A meeting in which people who disagree with a preferred ideology are humiliated or bullied. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-struggle_session-en-noun-IlVtBcxl

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