generationally
From parent downward
Generationally describes something in terms of generations—age cohorts sharing common experiences and cultural touchstones.
Generationally, we have very different relationships with technology.
The word often frames differences or divides: The two candidates appeal to generationally distinct voters.
Those born 1981-1996
- boomersPostwar demographic cohort
- xennialsLate-seventies early-eighties births
- demographicStatistical population category
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- forebearsAncestral family members
bloodline · genealogy · posterity · inheritance · dynasty · kinship · parentage · succession
Ten-year periods
- erasNamed spans of history
- epochsDistinct historical stretches
- centuriesHundred-year periods
- lifetimesComplete spans of being
ages · periods · spans · intervals · succession · recurring · cyclical · perpetual
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
teachings · beliefs · practices · folklore · heirlooms · stories · bequeathed · legacy
Movement or work period
- transformationThorough change in form
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
- declineDecrease or refuse
improvement · trauma · wealth · poverty · mobility · patterns · cycles · differences
millennials
Those born 1981-1996
- boomersPostwar demographic cohort
- xennialsLate-seventies early-eighties births
- demographicStatistical population category
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- offspringBiological descendants produced
forebears · bloodline · genealogy · posterity · inheritance · dynasty · kinship · parentage · succession · patrimony
decades
Ten-year periods
lifetimes · ages · periods · spans · intervals · succession · recurring · cyclical · perpetual · enduring
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
knowledge · teachings · beliefs · practices · folklore · heirlooms · stories · bequeathed · legacy · continuity
shift
Movement or work period
- transformationThorough change in form
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
decline · improvement · trauma · wealth · poverty · mobility · patterns · cycles · differences · trends
generationallymomentarily
For a very short time
instantaneously · immediately · briefly · transiently · ephemerally
generationallyindependently
Without outside assistance
spontaneously · newly · originally · de novo
- generational wealthAssets passed through families
- generational gapDifferences between age cohorts
- generational traumaInherited psychological harm
- generational conflictTension between age groups
- generational differencesDistinctions between birth cohorts
- generational curseAffliction spanning family lines