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generationwide

generationwide adjective: affecting an entire generation.

Adjective

generationwide (not comparable)

  1. Affecting an entire generation
    • Iraq may be turning into a quagmire and civil war like Vietnam, but the current war has not inspired talk of generationwide rebellion (perhaps because there’s no draft to pit young against old) or any colorful, psychedelically defiant counterculture.2007 January 2, Jon Pareles, “Pop Music and the War: The Sound of Resignation”, in New York Times

Origin of generationwide

From generation + -wide.

Questions about generationwide

What does generationwide mean?
Generationwide means affecting an entire generation.
What part of speech is generationwide?
Generationwide is an adjective.

Words near generationwide in the dictionary

  1. generationer
  2. generationers
  3. generationism
  4. generationology
  5. generations
  6. generationwide
  7. generative
  8. generative act
  9. generative acts
  10. generative adversarial network
  11. generative adversarial networks

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