"generation gap" meaning in English

See generation gap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: generation gaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} generation gap (plural generation gaps)
  1. A disconnect between members of one generation and members of the next based on the later generation developing habits, attitudes, and preferences inconsistent with the experience of the former. Wikipedia link: generation gap Translations (disconnect between generations): 代溝 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 代沟 (tāi-kau) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 代溝 (Chinese Cantonese), 代沟 (doi⁶ kau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 代溝 (Chinese Mandarin), 代沟 (dàigōu) (Chinese Mandarin), generatiekloof (Dutch), sukupolvien välinen kuilu (Finnish), sukupolvikuilu (Finnish), fossé des générations (French), fracture intergénérationnelle (French), 代溝 (Hakka Chinese), 代沟 (thoi-kiêu) (Hakka Chinese), generációs szakadék (Hungarian), gap generazionale (Italian), разры́в поколений (razrýv pokolenij) (Russian), brecha generacional [masculine] (Spanish), generationsklyfta [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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