greatest generation

alternative Greatest Generation

1. The generation of people who came of age during the Great Depression and went on to fight in World War II, especially those born from the early 1900s to late 1920s.

   What we have instead is the Greatest Generation, an idea that delineates one of the most important developments in the national mythos over the last several decades.

   2013, Kenneth Rose, Myth and the Greatest Generation, Routledge, →ISBN, page 2

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   Other members of the greatest generation found their life's calling in uniform, continuing to serve in the military after the war and helping it to adapt to the changing times.

   1998, Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation, Random House, →ISBN, page 386

   My dad did the things that a boy remembers. […] He also taught me that we are here for something bigger than ourselves; he lived out the responsibilities and the sacrifices of the greatest generation to whom we owe so much.

   2004 July 29, John Kerry, 2004 Democratic National Convention Acceptance Address

   Synonyms: G.I. Generation, World War II generation

1. Alternative letter-case form of greatest generation.

   What we have instead is the Greatest Generation, an idea that delineates one of the most important developments in the national mythos over the last several decades.

   2013, Kenneth Rose, Myth and the Greatest Generation, Routledge, →ISBN, page 2