the generation gapnoun [ S ]
uk/dʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən ˌɡæp/us/dʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən ˌɡæp/a situation in which older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences, opinions, habits, and behaviour:
She's a young politician who manages to bridge/cross (= understand both groups in) the generation gap.
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- identical twin
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- parenthood
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- twin
- without issue idiom
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