generationwide

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adjective

Affecting an entire generation

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Meanings

adjectivegenerationwide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAffecting an entire generation

    Iraq may be turning into a quagmire and civil war like Vietnam, but the current war has not inspired talk of generationwide rebellion (perhaps because there’s no draft to pit young against old) or any colorful, psychedelically defiant counterculture.

    2007 January 2, Jon Pareles, “Pop Music and the War: The Sound of Resignation”, in New York Times

Origin

From generation + -wide.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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