English Explanatory Dictionary

generational

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or changing over generations.
  2. Exceptional; the best/worst of a generation; once-in-a-generation.
  3. Very good/bad (through semantic bleaching or weakening of the above sense).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

generational

Etymology

From generation + -al.

Derived words

bigenerational cross-generational extragenerational generational change generational conflict generational curse generational dynamics generationally generational planet generational wealth intergenerational intragenerational monogenerational multigenerational nongenerational Strauss-Howe generational theory transgenerational trigenerational unigenerational
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