me decade

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: me decade
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The 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society.

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Example Sentences

"In contrast to some of the pop gurus of the "Me Decade," Starhawk and Margot Adler are both political activists, very much aware off the need to push for political change."
"The prevailing concept of the Seventies remains the idea of the “Me Decade”—an era of narcissism, selfishness, personal rather than political awareness. […] Pundits and historians portrayed the Me Decade as the antidote to or repudiation of the activist, altruistic 1960s."

Etymology

Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1976.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

the Me Decade (canonical)

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