Meaning of Silent Generation | Babel Free

Definitions

The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Examples

“The Silent Generation produced such counterculture leaders as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Huey Newton and Abbie Hoffman.”

“Reminiscence therapy targets this age range, and for those Silent Generation members now in their 70s and 80s, that means the 1950s.”

“Like his character, Stiller was Gen X, but he didn’t have Boomer parents; his mother and father were part of the Silent Generation, and more important, they were in showbiz.”

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