Kulturkampf

1. The struggle (1871-1883) between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck for control over school and ecclesiastical appointments and civil marriage.
2. A conflict between secular and religious authorities: “The 1920s proved to be the focal decade in the Kulturkampf of American Protestantism” (Richard Hofstadter).

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: : Kultur, Kultur; see Kultur

Origin: + Kampf, struggle (from Middle High German, from Old High German kamph, probably ultimately from Latin campus, field)