Generationwide

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Affecting an entire generation not-comparable

    "Iraq may be turning into a quagmire and civil war like Vietnam, but the current war has not inspired talk of generationwide rebellion (perhaps because there’s no draft to pit young against old) or any colorful, psychedelically defiant counterculture."

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"Iraq may be turning into a quagmire and civil war like Vietnam, but the current war has not inspired talk of generationwide rebellion (perhaps because there’s no draft to pit young against old) or any colorful, psychedelically defiant counterculture."

Etymology

From generation + -wide.

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