kulturkampf

(noun)

A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.

Related Terms

Examples of kulturkampf in the following topics:

  • Cultural Wars of the 1990s

    • "Culture war" is a translation from the German Kulturkampf, a term that was coined to describe the clash between cultural and religious groups in the campaign from 1871 to 1878, under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of the German Empire, against the influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
    • The term cultural war has been in English use almost as long as the original Kulturkampf, and generalizes the idea of these kinds of struggles.

  • Culture Wars

    • The concept of a culture war has been in use in English since at least its adoption as a calque (loan translation) to refer to the German "Kulturkampf."