youth movement

noun

: a political, religious, or social movement or agitation led by or consisting chiefly of youth or young people and usually aiming at reform or revolution
ready … to join the Nazi youth movementsBritish Book News
the liberal section of younger Americans, the type out of whom youth movements are madeNation
basic to all youth movements are a deep dissatisfaction with the existing … order, a desire to change this orderHans Kohn
compare youth group

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“Youth movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youth%20movement. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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