the me generation

noun
🔊/ðə ˈmiː dʒenəreɪʃn/
🔊/ðə ˈmiː dʒenəreɪʃn/
[singular + singular or plural verb] (informal, disapproving)
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  1. the name used to refer to young people in the 1970s and 1980s who were especially interested in money and success and cared more about themselves than about others
    • The me generation was one of the legacies of Thatcherism in Britain.我这一代人是英国撒切尔主义的遗产之一。