English noun: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution | |||
1. | Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (event) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Cultural Revolution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revolution | ||
Domain region | Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China | ||