Meaning of Snowflake Generation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of snowflake generation.
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2. The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.

Examples

“The Snowflake Generation — they are all special and unique!”

“Much has also been made of the psychological impact on the only children born since 1979—the “precious snowflake” generation, lavished with love⟳ and attention by their parents and without siblings to share⟳ life with.”

“Students who demand⟳ protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.”

“Miraculously, they did this without any input from the so-called snowflake generation.”

“At an early stage⟳ of snowflake generation in the upper convective cell, the growth of snow⟳ aggregates seemed to occur⟳ considerably rapidly.”

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