Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to generation.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or changing over generations.

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  • adjective of or relating to a generation

Etymologies

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generation +‎ -al

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Examples

  • STRAUSS: You see, what this shows is what we call the generational diagonal.

    Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069 1991

  • HOWE: To come back to this whole question of reconstructing history along what we call the generational diagonal -- following the same group through time -- you know, you can read a lot of books, and some of them very fine books, written about the history of childhood.

    Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069 1991

  • Packer says part of that reaction to Sept. 11 is what he calls "generational inferiority."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Schlapobersky told me it was likely my father had been the subject of what he calls the generational transmission of trauma; violence was handed down to him.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • The centerpiece of Bius 'platform is ending what he calls generational welfare, the continual support of generations of families on welfare.

    Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle 2010

  • Schlapobersky told me it was likely my father had been the subject of what he calls the generational transmission of trauma; violence was handed down to him.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Jackson attributed this attitude to what he described as a generational shift.

    Independent Collegian RSS 2009

  • Even clearer evidence of a long-term generational shift in favor of religious intermarriage comes from a pair of surveys in 1982 and 1990 summarized in Figure 5.6 that asked “how important are shared religious beliefs to a successful marriage?”

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • - Putting us in generational debt within a decade!! on and on and on

    CNN Poll of Polls: Obama approval holding steady 2009

  • When I said transformational, I meant simply would take us past a certain generational battle.

    Andrew Sullivan: Dishing It Out Daily For A Decade 2010

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