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culture war

[ kuhl-cher wawr ]

noun

  1. a conflict or struggle for dominance between groups within a society or between societies, arising from their differing beliefs, practices, etc.:

    a culture war over the right to own a gun; China’s culture war with the Western world.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of culture war1

First recorded in 1875–80; a loan translation of German Kulturkampf ( def ). The contemporary sense was first recorded in 1985–90 .

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