1879, originally in reference to the struggle between the German government and the Catholic Church over control of educational and ecclesiastical appointments, 1872-86, German, literally "struggle for culture," from Kultur + Kampf "combat, fight, struggle," from Old High German kampf (8c.), from Latin campus "field, battlefield" (see campus).
双语例句
1. The 1920's proved to be the focal decade in the Kulturkampf of American Protestantism ( Richard Hofstadter )