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youthquakes

youthquakes is the plural of youthquake.

Meaning of youthquake

Noun

youthquake (plural youthquakes)

  1. (informal) A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture.
    • 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.1970 June 8, “The Skinheads”, in Time

Questions about youthquakes

What is youthquakes the plural of?
Youthquakes is the plural of youthquake.

Words near youthquakes in the dictionary

  1. youthly
  2. youthman
  3. youthmen
  4. youthness
  5. youthquake
  6. youthquakes
  7. youths
  8. youthsome
  9. youthspeak
  10. youthsplain
  11. youthsplained

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