Definition: Meaning of, Cultural Revolution in English to English dictionary.
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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 chaos
a period in China, from 1966 to 1969, when its leader Mao Zedong tried to continue and develop the REVOLUTION that brought the Communists to power in China in the 1940s.
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