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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 Me generation is dying," says Adams, "and New York Cares is one example of how it's being put to rest."

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

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

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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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