culture war

conflict between cultural values
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culture war

Summary

culture war is a social phenomenon[1]. It draws 1,570 Wikipedia views per month (social_phenomenon category, ranking #7 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • culture war's instance of is recorded as social phenomenon[3].
  • culture war is a type of cultural conflict[4].
  • culture war's Commons category is recorded as Culture war[5].
  • culture war comprises wedge issue[6].
  • culture war comprises political polarization[7].
  • Among those involved in culture war was social group[8].
  • culture war's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[9].
  • culture war's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • culture war's different from is recorded as Kulturkampf[11].
  • culture war's has goal is recorded as dominant culture[12].
  • culture war's has goal is recorded as cleavage[13].
  • culture war's has goal is recorded as cultural imperialism[14].
  • culture war's theorized by is recorded as James Davison Hunter[15].

Body

Definition and Type

culture war's instance of is recorded as social phenomenon[3]. It is a type of cultural conflict[4].

Use and Application

Components include wedge issue[6] and political polarization[7], a failure mode[16].

Why It Matters

culture war draws 1,570 Wikipedia views per month (social_phenomenon category, ranking #7 of 42).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) wedge issue, political polarization
    Theorized by James Davison Hunter
    Has parts
    Subclass of cultural conflict
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007535967405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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