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generational curse

generational curse noun: a curse on a family.

Noun

generational curse (plural generational curses)

  1. A curse on a family.
    • Miraculously, God was breaking the generational curse that plagued the Wooten lineage.2005, Willie F. Wooten, Breaking the Curse Off Black America, →ISBN, page 22
    • Customer service, to Ms. Sherrod, meant that someone like her — a young Black woman raised by her grandmother in small-town Mississippi — could make “a really good living.” “We’re breaking generational curses,” Ms. Sherrod said. “That’s for sure.”2023 July 19, Emma Goldberg, “‘Training My Replacement’: Inside a Call Center Worker’s Battle With A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    ancestral curse, family curse

Synonyms of generational curse

  • ancestral curse
  • family curse

Forms of generational curse

pluralgenerational curses

Questions about generational curse

What does generational curse mean?
Generational curse means a curse on a family.
What part of speech is generational curse?
Generational curse is a noun.
What is the plural of generational curse?
The plural of generational curse is generational curses.

Words near generational curse in the dictionary

  1. Generation Zedders
  2. Generation Zeds
  3. Generation Zer
  4. Generation Zs
  5. generational
  6. generational curse
  7. generational curses
  8. generational lock-in
  9. generational run
  10. generational runs
  11. generational wealth

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