Generational
adjective
Relating to a specific generation, or to the difference or similarities between different generations.
There is a generational gap between the baby boomers and millennials.
Often appears as...
- generational gap
- generational differences
adjective
Occurring or changing over each successive generation.
These cellphones represent a generational shift in technology.
Often appears as...
- generational shift
- generational change
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Technical
adjective
Relating to a specific generation, or to the difference or similarities between different generations.
There is a generational gap between the baby boomers and millennials.
Often appears as...
- generational gap
- generational differences
adjective
Occurring or changing over each successive generation.
These cellphones represent a generational shift in technology.
Often appears as...
- generational shift
- generational change
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Age Group Focus
Focuses on the characteristics or trends commonly found within a particular age group.
The generational preferences in music reveal a divide in taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuances
May imply specific cultural attitudes or practices unique to a certain generation.
Generational language use can highlight cultural shifts.
Pro Tip 3/3Understanding Conflict
Useful in discussions about disagreements or conflicts stemming from age differences.
Their generational conflict is rooted in different values and experiences.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Group Focus
Focuses on the characteristics or trends commonly found within a particular age group.
The generational preferences in music reveal a divide in taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuances
May imply specific cultural attitudes or practices unique to a certain generation.
Generational language use can highlight cultural shifts.
Pro Tip 3/3Understanding Conflict
Useful in discussions about disagreements or conflicts stemming from age differences.
Their generational conflict is rooted in different values and experiences.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Group Focus
Focuses on the characteristics or trends commonly found within a particular age group.
The generational preferences in music reveal a divide in taste.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuances
May imply specific cultural attitudes or practices unique to a certain generation.
Generational language use can highlight cultural shifts.
Pro Tip 3/3Understanding Conflict
Useful in discussions about disagreements or conflicts stemming from age differences.
Their generational conflict is rooted in different values and experiences.
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The crisis of leadership...
and that's when both men and women embrace both masculine and feminine values. It actually is proven in research that that's the most effective leadership style. But I'm increasingly now thinking about how we close the generational gap, because look at these young children in the streets around the world -- they're asking us to lead.
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Have we reached the end...
the science may not have some answers, I would like to ask you a couple of questions, and the first building something like the LHC is a generational project. I just mentioned, introducing you, that we live in a short-term world. How do you think so long term, projecting yourself out a generation when building something like this?
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How we take back the...
Part of it is almost a generational issue. You're part of a generation that grew up with the Internet, and it seems as if you become offended at almost a visceral level when you see something done that you think will harm the Internet. Is there some truth to that?
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The past, present and...
Regular smoking. Addiction. Decades of smoking. And then the illness, and that's why we're talking about a product that will kill half of all long-term users prematurely later in life. The generational impact of this nicotine-reduction policy is profound.
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Use Your Voice, Vote and...
with a very visceral feeling that there was this gaping generational and trust gap that we are almost unable to bridge because we have become so deeply divided and we're essentially in a crisis of trust. And so we're facing an existential climate crisis,
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What baby boomers can...
or we can actually start to find a way to bridge these generational borders. And it's time for us to actually look at how to change up the physics of wisdom so it actually flows in both directions, from old to young and from young to old.
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Sahaj Kaur Kohli: Why...
so a lot of children of immigrants may act as a translator, may help pay the bills, may help take care of younger siblings, so caretaking, and we know that immigrating and immigration can lead to a lot of family and generational conflict,
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Almudena Toral:...
Hundreds haven't even been reunited with their families. The trauma these policies cost can have generational effects. Even in Adayanci's fortunate case, the family has no institutional support and is in deep debt.
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Recruiting Women for...
being a black woman is generational pride knowing the journey of my people to to be here as a black woman myself feeling validated saying you know yes i've had some tremendous success in my life but this
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The journey of learning...
universities interview candidates I started with the assumption that it was a generational thing between the people who did it did not think it was important to code I was wrong
Video examples
The crisis of leadership...
and that's when both men and women embrace both masculine and feminine values. It actually is proven in research that that's the most effective leadership style. But I'm increasingly now thinking about how we close the generational gap, because look at these young children in the streets around the world -- they're asking us to lead.
Video examples
Have we reached the end...
the science may not have some answers, I would like to ask you a couple of questions, and the first building something like the LHC is a generational project. I just mentioned, introducing you, that we live in a short-term world. How do you think so long term, projecting yourself out a generation when building something like this?
Video examples
How we take back the...
Part of it is almost a generational issue. You're part of a generation that grew up with the Internet, and it seems as if you become offended at almost a visceral level when you see something done that you think will harm the Internet. Is there some truth to that?
Video examples
The past, present and...
Regular smoking. Addiction. Decades of smoking. And then the illness, and that's why we're talking about a product that will kill half of all long-term users prematurely later in life. The generational impact of this nicotine-reduction policy is profound.
Video examples
Use Your Voice, Vote and...
with a very visceral feeling that there was this gaping generational and trust gap that we are almost unable to bridge because we have become so deeply divided and we're essentially in a crisis of trust. And so we're facing an existential climate crisis,
Video examples
What baby boomers can...
or we can actually start to find a way to bridge these generational borders. And it's time for us to actually look at how to change up the physics of wisdom so it actually flows in both directions, from old to young and from young to old.
Video examples
Sahaj Kaur Kohli: Why...
so a lot of children of immigrants may act as a translator, may help pay the bills, may help take care of younger siblings, so caretaking, and we know that immigrating and immigration can lead to a lot of family and generational conflict,
Video examples
Almudena Toral:...
Hundreds haven't even been reunited with their families. The trauma these policies cost can have generational effects. Even in Adayanci's fortunate case, the family has no institutional support and is in deep debt.
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
being a black woman is generational pride knowing the journey of my people to to be here as a black woman myself feeling validated saying you know yes i've had some tremendous success in my life but this
Video examples
The journey of learning...
universities interview candidates I started with the assumption that it was a generational thing between the people who did it did not think it was important to code I was wrong
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Francis Fukuyama
American Economist
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold.
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Jane Ridley
English Historian
Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the fact that adulthood is happening later. A new transitional stage has emerged after adolescence: the twenties.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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Brian Chesky
American Businessman
What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.
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Judith Jamison
American Dancer
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.
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Nick Foles
American Athlete
The thing I've always admired about Eagles fans is that it's not fans; it's family. It's generational.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
Catch-22's admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
Now we have a generational threat struggle called Islamist extremism.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
My father told me abuse is generational.
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Offset
American Musician
I want to have generational money.
Quote examples
Francis Fukuyama
American Economist
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold.
Quote examples
Jane Ridley
English Historian
Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the fact that adulthood is happening later. A new transitional stage has emerged after adolescence: the twenties.
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
Quote examples
Brian Chesky
American Businessman
What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.
Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.
Quote examples
Nick Foles
American Athlete
The thing I've always admired about Eagles fans is that it's not fans; it's family. It's generational.
Quote examples
Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
Catch-22's admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical.
Quote examples
Michael McCaul
American Politician
Now we have a generational threat struggle called Islamist extremism.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
My father told me abuse is generational.
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Offset
American Musician
I want to have generational money.
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