Meaning of culture warrior in English

culture warrior

/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ ˌwɔːr.i.ɚ/ uk

/ˈkʌl.tʃə ˌwɒr.i.ər/

a person who strongly supports one side in a culture war (= disagreements between groups with different social and cultural beliefs):

She expressed impatience with these internet culture warriors.

He established himself as one of the leading culture warriors of the Catholic Right.

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Some evangelical leaders see themselves as culture warriors.
At times his bias shows, and he becomes more culture warrior than historian.
He said that myths about cannabis were being spread by shameless culture warriors who have no understanding of how it is actually used.

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(Definition of culture warrior from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of culture warrior

culture warrior

In those moments, voters can peer between the lines to see the coward that hides beneath the culture warrior.

From Slate Magazine

But he doesn't have to be a culture warrior.

From Chicago Tribune

It is not in fact popular today in the church to be a pronounced culture warrior.

From Los Angeles Times

After all, it can't be much fun to be a culture warrior if the opposing culture is constantly wimping out, denying you a chance to show your true mettle.

From Slate

The sooner the culture warriors accept that reality, the better.

From New York Post

But it's also a partial repudiation of culture warriors past.

From The Atlantic

Both economic libertarians and culture warriors are bound to be disappointed by the choice.

From TIME

Thankfully, we're mostly past that, and contentious church-and-state matters involving schools, such as parochial school vouchers, are largely settled except among professional culture warriors.

From TIME

But now a different story is being told, in which culture warriors fought a divisive, reactionary and losing battle.

From Huffington Post

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