sexual revolution

English

Noun

sexual revolution (plural sexual revolutions)

1. A period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
2. A specific period in the 1960s and 1970s during which such change is said to have occurred in Western Europe and North America.
   • 1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace‎^[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:

     The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families.

Translations

period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change

• French: révolution sexuelle f
• Hungarian: szexuális forradalom (hu)
• Russian: сексуальная революция (ru) f (seksualʹnaja revoljucija)
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льна револю́ція f (seksuálʹna revoljúcija)