Quiet Revolution

noun

1. French name: Révolution tranquille. a period during the 1960s in Quebec, marked by secularization, educational reforms, and rising support for separation from the rest of Canada

Example Sentences

“And you look around and you see people smiling and laughing and holding onto each other, and you just had people that were being themselves, celebrating themselves, it felt this kind of quiet revolution. I was like, ‘What is this freedom?’”

From Los Angeles Times

In Manhattan's West Village, where culinary trends can change with the seasons, Chef Vijay Kumar is shaping a quiet revolution.

From BBC

In many ways, Kumar is not just serving food - he is serving memory, pride and a quiet revolution.

From BBC

Fifteen trophies, more than any manager in the club's history, in two eras of success, steadiness, and quiet revolution.

From BBC

Over the last century, Vought said, the U.S. has “experienced nothing short of a quiet revolution” and abandoned what he saw as the true meaning and force of the Constitution.

From Salon