cultural revolution

collocation in English

meaningsofculturalandrevolution

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cultural
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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revolution
noun
uk
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌrev.əˈluː.ʃən/
a change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence ...
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(Definition ofculturalandrevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the late 1960s theculturalrevolutionbegan.
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The new mechanisms introduced in 1994 appear to have caused aculturalrevolution.
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These actions were part of the so-called socialistculturalrevolutionin the 1920s - 30s.
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We cannot close our eyes to this secondculturalrevolution.
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It was 15 or 20 years ago—theculturalrevolution.
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Theculturalrevolutiondeveloped into near civil war.
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Children have been faced with aculturalrevolution.
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Who is to say that, in 1996, there will not be anotherculturalrevolution—perhaps a more vigorous and violentculturalrevolutionthan before?
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After the period of industrialization, collectivization, andculturalrevolution, the new constitution of 1936 proclaimed that a stable socialist society had been built.
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The contradictions entailed in the plan were essentially the same as in the program of women's emancipation that was part of theculturalrevolution.
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By means of such narrative the "mechanization of the world picture" assumes meaning as the very core of theculturalrevolutionoccasioned by classical science.
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Along with the building of a classless society, theculturalrevolutiontried to achieve, as quickly as possible, the full social equality of women.
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At the end of the 1960s, however, a dramatic change in the cultural foundations of the family took place in the framework of a general 'culturalrevolution'.
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Theculturalrevolutionlies here, not in changing only ten directors.
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The issue of theculturalrevolutionof the administration goes deeper than we might think.
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However, market reforms will undoubtedly continue and so will theculturalrevolution.
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What happens if there is another phenomenon like theculturalrevolution?
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Such a self-appraisal will amount to a veritableculturalrevolution.
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I would only remind you that theculturalrevolutionneeds more time.
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However, the windfall relic has survived thatculturalrevolution—the windfall tax lives on.
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Work on the plant has virtually been stopped by theculturalrevolution.
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They say that the practice ended with theculturalrevolutionin 1979, but there is ample evidence that it continues.
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They were of the age group most victimised by theculturalrevolutionwhich began in 1967 and ended in 1978.
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Theculturalrevolutionthat is required in the spreading of scientific literacy is not an impossible dream.
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