WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cultural Revolution
    n 1: 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 [syn: Cultural Revolution, Great
         Proletarian Cultural Revolution]