silent

Definitions

1. A member of the Silent Generation.
   in-plural
2. That which is silent; a time of silence.
   uncountable
3. Acronym of syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
4. A silent movie

Equivalents

Examples

“Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night.”

“More than 40 films will be shown spanning the past seventy-five years, including early silents and talkies, contemporary productions, foreign and American films, documentaries, underground works and television shows.”

“From Ali (technically a Silent who was born in 1942), to Tommie Smith's medal-stand protest⟳, to Joe Namath's Super Bowl prediction to the hair-raising Oakland A's and the raucous Bronx Zoo Yankees of the 1970s, to the outbursts of Connors and McEnroe on the tennis court, to King's tireless push⟳ for women's equality off it, this was a generation unafraid of offering opinions.”

“In a somewhat bizarre set⟳ of survey data from 2015, 33 percent of Millennials identified as Gen X, and 8 percent said that they were Boomers. Fifteen percent of Gen Xers said that they identified as Boomers, while a baffled 2 percent of Boomers and 4 percent of Silents thought of themselves as Millennials.”

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