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Quiet Revolution
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quiet revolution
English
Etymology
Likely coined in The Globe and Mail or the Montreal Gazette.
Proper noun
Quiet Revolution 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.
Translations
Arabic: ar ثورة هادئة f
French: fr Révolution tranquille f
German: de Stille Revolution
Japanese: ja 静かなる革命
See also
en laïcité
en Canadian politics Quebec, Canada Religion History of Canada