generation gap
noun
: the differences in opinions, values, etc., between younger people and older people
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The generation gap between Wagner and Daniels is evident in their faces, but not in their approaches.
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The film adeptly examines the workplace generation gap between Baby Boomers, Millenials and Gen-Z. Are the young people working with Sam lazy and uncommitted?
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Apocalypse Now was intended to summarize everything from the urban racial crisis, drug culture, and the generation gap to the military-industrial complex and the disorientation of the war itself.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025
What this translated into between the two of us could not be properly described as a generation gap.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
That’s been a big challenge for the Democrats lately and has caused schisms along the lines of the generation gap.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
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Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The film adeptly examines the workplace generation gap between Baby Boomers, Millenials and Gen-Z. Are the young people working with Sam lazy and uncommitted?
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Apocalypse Now was intended to summarize everything from the urban racial crisis, drug culture, and the generation gap to the military-industrial complex and the disorientation of the war itself.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025
What this translated into between the two of us could not be properly described as a generation gap.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
That’s been a big challenge for the Democrats lately and has caused schisms along the lines of the generation gap.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
What explains the capital punishment generation gap?
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Generation gap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generation%20gap. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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