Me generation

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

She relocates “The Seagull,” as a program note specifies and her production flamboyantly conveys, “to the self-centered Me Generation of the ’70s that followed the social upheaval of the ’60s.”

From Los Angeles Times

Carter was hope that resided between the violence of the past and the macabre, decadent future, the rise of the “Me Generation” and intolerant, radical religious lunatics, the awful class war that created an oligarchy of billionaires, destroyed the middle class and eventually swept away all the progress made during the civil rights era and more.

From Salon

Though the series was never a massive ratings hit, it was popular with the kind of affluent, educated professionals it portrayed, and sparked lively debate about the shifting values of the “Me” generation.

From Los Angeles Times

Authentic videotape from that time and the shallow, kitschy music take you back to the time of the “Me Generation” and every low-brow cliché of the 70s through the Reagan years.

From Salon

She brought up a 2013 Time magazine cover story about millennials titled “The Me Me Me Generation”; at that point, reasoned Zoladz, the inclination was for the conversation to be about millennials’ behavior without examining the root causes behind it.

From Los Angeles Times