generation gap
noun
: the differences in opinions, values, etc., between younger people and older people
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There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The partisan generation gap has fallen by two-thirds.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
In a choice that emphasizes the story’s central generation gap, Branagh is surrounded by a cast of young actors who recently graduated from London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The shift towards smaller meals has also been attributed to a generation gap.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
That generation gap raised some eyebrows, as Joker is often depicted as an adult at the same time as Batman.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
That 1980s political generation gap made its way into pop culture via the NBC sitcom Family Ties, in which young Republican Alex P. Keaton, played by Michael J. Fox, spars with his liberal, ex-hippie parents.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
Kamarck, who has studied the generation gap in American views toward Israel, said there were subtle signs attitudes were shifting even before the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing nearly 1,200 people and triggering the war.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The partisan generation gap has fallen by two-thirds.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
In a choice that emphasizes the story’s central generation gap, Branagh is surrounded by a cast of young actors who recently graduated from London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The shift towards smaller meals has also been attributed to a generation gap.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
That generation gap raised some eyebrows, as Joker is often depicted as an adult at the same time as Batman.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
That 1980s political generation gap made its way into pop culture via the NBC sitcom Family Ties, in which young Republican Alex P. Keaton, played by Michael J. Fox, spars with his liberal, ex-hippie parents.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
Kamarck, who has studied the generation gap in American views toward Israel, said there were subtle signs attitudes were shifting even before the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing nearly 1,200 people and triggering the war.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Generation gap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generation%20gap. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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