generation gap

generation gap

The difference of opinions and attitudes, especially in relation to social changes and politics, that develop as each generation changes from the one before it. Attitudes toward gay marriage reflects a clear generation gap on the issue today.
See also: gap, generation
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

generation gap

A broad difference in values and attitudes between one generation and another, especially between parents and their children. For example, There's a real generation gap in their choice of music, restaurants, clothing-you name it . [1960s"
See also: gap, generation
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • go through the changes
  • sweeping changes
  • go full circle
  • don't put all your eggs in one basket
  • on (one's) say-so
  • (one) doesn't know which way is up or down
  • if needs be
  • as is
  • When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
  • be on the say-so of (someone)
References in periodicals archive
Back in 2006 -- when the generation gap was pronounced deceased by New York Magazine (and a year before Jonah from Tonga was shown on Australian television to an accepting public) -- words associated with this movement such as no-platforming, the use of "a violence" as a verb, and woke as an adjective, microaggression, and cisgender heterosexual either did not exist, or had not entered the mainstream.
The generation gap is back -- but not as we know it
Only in this way, gradually generation gap can be finished.
Generation gap in Pakistan
Suddenly, the main causes of the generation gap were made to disappear.
Two generation gaps
The ever widening generation gap and the resulting need for skilled manpower highlight the urgency of deploying the vast skill pool of the upcoming female generation, said the experts.
Call to bridge gender gap in energy sector
And as they do and the generation gap in the makeup of underwriters widens, the industry needs to capture the experience and best practices of senior underwriters to both train and empower junior underwriters.
Bridging the generation gap
Washington, June 3 (ANI): The generation gap is for real, and it matters.
Young hotshots make better mentors
But what about the generation gap created when younger workers dive into the labor pool?
Understanding and building tomorrow's workforce
is a new family entertainment show on Sky channel Watch, where celebrities and children celebrate the humour and bewilderment of Britain's generation gap.
Kids game for a laugh
Here is a child only beginning to talk, revealing that the seeds of the next generation gap have already been planted.
The Children of Cyberspace
THERE was a time when the so- called " generation gap" was about 20- 25 years.
If you are a Facebooker, you are already old
BOOMERS: THE COLD-WAR GENERATION GROWS UP offers a chronicle of newborn children during the period between the end of World War II and the close of the 1960s, analyzing how the influence on children of a new American pop culture monitored by adults contributed to the growing 'generation gap' of later years.
Boomers: The Cold War Generation Grows Up
County councillor John Vereker said the scheme had bridged the generation gap by enabling older people to "keep up" with their grandchildren.
Graham's key to online chat
"Work with Me: A New Lens on Leading the Multigenerational Workforce" is a guide for business leaders who are faced with dealing with the generation gap within their own companies.
Work with Me
Conscious of the fairly sizeable generation gap between him and his trendier younger hosts, Bazza admitted he might not be as cutting edge as their audience were used to and, moreover, that he was going a bit deaf in his dotage.
HERO OF THE WEEK
So I'm used to reaching across the generation gap."
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