'50s

A form of 50s — The decade of the 1950s.

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Meanings

noun'50s pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative spelling of 50s.

    Suomi is building on research begun by his teacher and mentor, Harry Harlow, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin notorious for experiments in the ’50s and ’60s.

    2013 May 13, Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2015

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
1950sfifties
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APA

'50s. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'50s

MLA

“'50s.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'50s. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'50s,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'50s.

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