Meanings
nounsexual revolution (plural sexual revolutions)
plural sexual revolutions
- A period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
- A specific period in the 1960s and 1970s during which such change is said to have occurred in Western Europe and North America.
The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families.
1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235
Translations
French révolution sexuelle
- révolution sexuelleperiod in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change
Hungarian szexuális forradalom
- szexuális forradalomperiod in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change
Russian сексуальная революция
- сексуальная революция (seksualʹnaja revoljucija)period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change
Ukrainian сексуа́льна револю́ція
- сексуа́льна револю́ція (seksuálʹna revoljúcija)period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change
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