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Meaning of Me Decade | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society.

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Examples

“In contrast to some of the pop gurus of the "Me Decade," Starhawk and Margot Adler are both political activists, very much aware off the need to push for political change.”
“The prevailing concept of the Seventies remains the idea of the “Me Decade”—an era of narcissism, selfishness, personal rather than political awareness. […] Pundits and historians portrayed the Me Decade as the antidote to or repudiation of the activist, altruistic 1960s.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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