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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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Example Sentences

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A second directive “purportedly” required staff to investigate recipients of federal funds for “discrimination to the President’s agenda, which could lead to attempts to punish state, local, and private institutions who disagree with the administration’s culture war agenda,” the senators wrote.

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The comments represent one of the only times on the campaign trail that Dutton has publicly addressed issues specifically relating to First Nations people – and not to discuss disadvantage, but within the context of a culture war.

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Imagine how they will feel when they find out that in order to win a culture war battle against DEI and "woke" policies, Trump is withholding billions that are spent almost entirely on biomedical research.

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It's the flipside to the loathing for actual art that has been a steady source of right-wing culture war antics.

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Conference of Catholic Bishops, Gomez pursued culture war nonsense instead of actual issues.

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