quiet revolution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A major social or political change attained without violence or significant upheaval.
name
  1. A period of vast sociopolitical change in Quebec in the 1960s characterized by secularization, a rise of Quebec nationalism, and the development of a welfare state.

Word forms

quiet revolution quiet revolutions the Quiet Revolution

Etymology

Likely coined in The Globe and Mail or the Montreal Gazette.

Related words

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