Youthquake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Youthquake is a noun meaning (informal) A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture.
Meaning
(informal) A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture.
Example Sentences
The trend was partly a manifestation of the Silicon Valley youthquake that was powering the dot-com economy.
Britain produced many of the first temblors of the youthquake. There were the elegantly dressed but often vicious Teddy boys of the late 1950s. There were the gentler Mods and the tough leather-jacketed, working-class rockers in the '60s.
Word Forms
- youthquakes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include youthspeak, rise, mirthquake, fleshquake, shake, jounce.
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