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snowflake generation

snowflake generation noun: the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.

Noun

snowflake generation

  1. The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
    • The Snowflake Generation — they are all special and unique!2008, Hart's E and P - Volume 81, page 150
    • Much has also been made of the psychological impact on the only children born since 1979—the “precious snowflake” generation, lavished with love and attention by their parents and without siblings to share life with.2014, Georg Vielmetter, Yvonne Sell, Leadership 2030, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.
    • At an early stage of snowflake generation in the upper convective cell, the growth of snow aggregates seemed to occur considerably rapidly.1957, Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics - Volumes 8-9, page 197

Proper noun capitalized: Snowflake Generation

Snowflake Generation

  1. Alternative letter-case form of snowflake generation.

Examples of snowflake generation in a sentence

  • Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.2016 February 20, Eleanor Harding, “Mollycoddled 'snowflake generation' of students are fuelling campus zealotry, education tsar warns”, in...
  • Miraculously, they did this without any input from the so-called snowflake generation.2016 November 14, Richard Brooks, “In defence of generation snowflake- everyone's favourite punching bag”, in The Telegraph:

Origin of snowflake generation

From the use of snowflake for a hypersensitive young person who sees themselves as unique and special.

Questions about snowflake generation

What does snowflake generation mean?
Snowflake generation means the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
How do you use snowflake generation in a sentence?
Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.
What part of speech is snowflake generation?
Snowflake generation can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near snowflake generation in the dictionary

  1. snowflake children
  2. snowflake curve
  3. snowflake curves
  4. snowflake eel
  5. snowflake eels
  6. snowflake generation
  7. snowflake moray
  8. snowflake morays
  9. snowflake obsidian
  10. snowflake obsidians
  11. snowflake queen

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