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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 result is a new breed of Japanese, a burgeoning Me generation, whose self-absorption is sending shock waves through the older We generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Widows is in that sense an epitaph for the Me generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon Richard Grossman describes the phenomenon as "another transition" for the restless Me generation: "They protested against the wars, and now they're protesting against the mirrors."

From Time Magazine Archive

The unheralded gestures of gracious individuals may in the end outlast and belie the labels hung on the Me generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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