Silent Generation
English
editEtymology
editPopularized in a Time article in 1951.[1][2]
Proper noun
editthe Silent Generation
- The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
- The Silent Generation produced such counterculture leaders as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Huey Newton and Abbie Hoffman.
- 2018 September 18, Amanda Kolson Hurley, “Fake Public Squares Are Coming to the Suburbs”, in The Atlantic[3]:
- Reminiscence therapy targets this age range, and for those Silent Generation members now in their 70s and 80s, that means the 1950s.
- 2019 March 6, Soraya Roberts, “Reality Bites Captured Gen X With Perfect Irony”, in The Atlantic[4]:
- Like his character, Stiller was Gen X, but he didn’t have Boomer parents; his mother and father were part of the Silent Generation, and more important, they were in showbiz.
Translations
editgeneration of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s
See also
editTimeline of generations |
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References
edit- ^ “The Younger Generation”, in Time[1], 1951 November 5: “By comparison with the Flaming Youth of their fathers & mothers, today's younger generation is a still, small flame. It does not issue manifestoes, make speeches or carry posters. It has been called the "Silent Generation."”
- ^ Bob Henger, Jan Henger (2012) The Silent Generation: 1925–1945[2], Author House, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- Silent Generation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia