quiet revolution

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See also: Quiet Revolution

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

quiet revolution (plural quiet revolutions)

A major social or political change attained without violence or significant upheaval.

Hypernyms[edit]

revolution

References[edit]

“quiet revolution, n.” under “quiet, adj. and adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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