Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silent generation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: silen-t -gen-er-a-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Example Sentences

"The Silent Generation produced such counterculture leaders as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Huey Newton and Abbie Hoffman."
"Reminiscence therapy targets this age range, and for those Silent Generation members now in their 70s and 80s, that means the 1950s."
"Like his character, Stiller was Gen X, but he didn’t have Boomer parents; his mother and father were part of the Silent Generation, and more important, they were in showbiz."

Etymology

Popularized in a Time article in 1951. So called because they were not often politically strident.

Inflected Forms

the Silent Generation (canonical)

Phrases

baby boom Generation Jones greatest generation

Frequently Paired Words

baby boom Generation Jones greatest generation

Questions

What does silent generation mean?: The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
Where does silent generation come from?: Popularized in a Time article in 1951. So called because they were not often politically strident.

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