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Gangs of Four

Gangs of Four is the plural of Gang of Four.

Meaning of Gang of Four

Proper noun

the Gang of Four

  1. (China, historical) A radical political faction composed of four Communist Party of China officials (Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen) that came to prominence during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
    • Once control of the media was wrested from Mao's most strident defenders, the abusive language Chiang Ch'ing had used against her enemies over the years was hurled back at her. The verbal weapons borrowed from Lu Hsun backfired. "Ruthlessly beat the dog in the water," her enemies repeated as they...1977, Roxane Witke, Comrade Chiang Chʻing, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 472
  2. (broadly) Any influential (political) group having four members.
    1. (broadly) Synonym of Big Four (“four largest corporations of Big Tech”).
  3. An English post-punk band formed in 1976.

Questions about Gangs of Four

What is Gangs of Four the plural of?
Gangs of Four is the plural of Gang of Four.

Words near Gangs of Four in the dictionary

  1. gangrenizing
  2. gangrenous
  3. gangrenously
  4. gangræna
  5. gangs
  6. Gangs of Four
  7. gangs up
  8. gangs up on
  9. gangsa
  10. gangsaw
  11. gangsaws

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