"struggle session" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: struggle sessions [plural]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 批鬥大會/批斗大会 (pīdòu dàhuì) Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  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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