Cultural Revolution
Definitions of Cultural Revolution
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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 chaossynonyms: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutiontype of:revolutiona drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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