| 单词 | culture war |
| 释义 | > as lemmasculture war culture war n. [in sense (a) after German Kulturkampf (see kulturkampf n. at kultur n. Compounds)] (a) a political struggle for control of cultural and educational institutions (rare); (b) a conflict between groups with different ideals, beliefs, philosophies, etc.; (now) spec. (in the United States) an ideological struggle for political and cultural dominance between conservatives and liberals. ΚΠ 1879 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein (new ed.) III. viii. ii. 449 At the same time what is now called a Culture War was commenced. As lately the Catholic Church, so in 1819 the Universities were the object of jealousy. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 744 The Polish-Prussian culture war in Posen has developed some remarkable leadership and innovations. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 27 The traditionalist side of the culture war wants our authorities..either squeaky clean or impeccably discreet. 2005 Guardian 5 Nov. (Guide Suppl.) 3/1 According to the owner of one of these absurd religious theme parks..this is all part of America's homo-bashing culture wars. < as lemmas |
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