1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); - Example: "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sturm und Drang
n 1: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics
or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution
was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence,
upheaval, Sturm und Drang]