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Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

noun

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

• Syn: ↑Cultural Revolution

• Regions:

↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay

• Hypernyms: ↑revolution

Useful english dictionary. 2012.