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Me generation

British  

noun

  1. the generation, originally in the 1970s, characterized by self-absorption; in the 1980s, characterized by material greed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This was the 1960s in the United States and the Me generation was leading a revolution.

From The Guardian Nov. 3, 2019

The Baby Boomers were the Spock generation, the Now generation, the Woodstock generation, the Me generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

But isn't this just the latest fad of the Me generation?

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Says Investment Banker Michael Taylor, who watches Nutri/System carefully: "It's a sybarite's delight, the Me generation personified."

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Alfred Humbert Jr. Chicago It comes as no surprise that the Me generation is committing psychoanalysis to the grave.

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