Meanings
- USThe 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society.
In contrast to some of the pop gurus of the "Me Decade," Starhawk and Margot Adler are both political activists, very much aware off the need to push for political change.
1986 April 12, R. W. Murray, “One Solution: Neo-Paganism”, in Gay Community News, page 31 more example
The prevailing concept of the Seventies remains the idea of the “Me Decade”—an era of narcissism, selfishness, personal rather than political awareness. […] Pundits and historians portrayed the Me Decade as the antidote to or repudiation of the activist, altruistic 1960s.
2001, Bruce J. Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American culture, Society, and Politics, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 145
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1976.
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