quiet revolution
Meanings
noun
- A major social or political change attained without violence or significant upheaval.
name
- 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
Etymology
Likely coined in The Globe and Mail or the Montreal Gazette.
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