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youthquake en · NOUN

Etymology

From youth + quake, by analogy with earthquake. Coined by American magazine editor Diana Vreeland in 1965.

Meanings

1. (informal) A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture.
   • Britain produced many of the first temblors of the youthquake. There were the elegantly dressed but often vicious Teddy boys of the late 1950s. There were the gentler Mods and the tough leather-jacketed, working-class rockers in the '60s. 1970 June 8, “The Skinheads”, in Time:
   • The trend was partly a manifestation of the Silicon Valley youthquake that was powering the dot-com economy. 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:

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Translations (3)

nl jeugdbeving (shift in response to younger members of a culture) · cmn 青年震盪 /青年震荡 (shift in response to younger members of a culture) · fi nuorisojäristys (shift in response to younger members of a culture)