Definitions
Etymologies
- From German Kulturkampf ("culture war"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In general, he does point out that even the man who coined the term kulturkampf culture war, Pat Buchanan, "is calling for an 'armistice' in the culture war and encouraging conservatives to give up fighting for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.”
“But the kulturkampf was a battle against the very institutions, the faith-based organizations or parachurch ministries, through which people of particular religious convictions preserve, develop, propagate, and exemplify those convictions in society.”
“From the first days of the Obama administration, there has been a kulturkampf culture clash against Catholic institutions not seen since the days of the Iron Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck.”
The Huffington Post: Ken Blackwell: Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville?
“He seems to be taking his defeat with the Egyptian equivalent of Al Gore-like grace, the “accused” anti-Semite blaming a Jewish conspiracy and declaring a kulturkampf on Israel (but not Jews, of course).”
“In other words, the BNP today is more a product of kulturkampf than racist tension.”
“The Christmas kulturkampf is a growth industry in a shrinking economy, providing an effective boost for conservative fundraising and a ratings bonanza for right-wing media.”
Max Blumenthal: The White Nationalist Cabal Behind O'Reilly's Christmas Crusade
“There are more types of kulturkampf than previously thought.”
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“Most students of immigration politics trace the origins of the Republican anti-migrant kulturkampf (culture war) to then-California Gov.”
Roberto Lovato: Don't Look to Democrats for Immigrant Rights
“(CD's of those broadcasts will soon be available on Focus on the Family's website, with all proceeds going to support Dobson's kulturkampf -- and his paycheck).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kulturkampf’.
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Collected Words - List 2
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Waffalage
waffle, confuzzled, boggle, aberrant, ploogie, kumquat, blether, witter, prattle, defenestrate, coprolite, rambutan and 14 more...
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Liberal Fascism
Words gathered while reading Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
de rigueur, palingenetic, christianist, himmleresque, invidious, bismarckian, divinize, granitelike, deweyan, fons et origo, kulak, numinousness and 107 more...
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Words from German
Germanic loans to English
ersatz, schadenfreude, Weltschmerz, doppelgänger, gemeinschaft, Sturm und Drang, lumpenproletariat, rathskeller, Übermensch, verboten, wunderkind, putsch and 5 more...
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mickwrong's list
babbittry, deipnosophist, sinecure, susurrus, hirsute, procrustean, defenestrate, aubergine, celadon, kulturkampf, avuncular, unctuous and 2 more...
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A Nation Among Nations
Words taken from A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History by Thomas Bender.
filiation, tympana, terraqueous, entrepot, lineament, tout court, oikoumene, pax turcica, feitoria, routinize, numerousness, limingl and 82 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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German-derived Words
Words borrowed from the German language
gemutlichkeit, blitzkrieg, kulturkampf, Götterdämmerung, schwarmerei, sitzfleisch
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brusselsprouts Description of US politics? Jan 27, 2008