Proper noun
the Silent Generation
The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
The Silent Generation produced such counterculture leaders as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Huey Newton and Abbie Hoffman.
And while views of socialism are slightly favorable among Democrats, they’re below 35% for whites (25%), minorities (33%), Gen Xers (28%), Baby Boomers (20%), and the Silent Generation (20%). Source: Internet
Much further down the list are Millennials (12%), Generation X (10%), and the less talked about "Silent Generation" (4%) wedged between the World War II Generation and the Baby Boomers. Source: Internet
Said Fran Alpert: “They call us the Silent Generation, neither as great as the Greatest Generation (World War II veterans) nor as loud as the Baby Boomers. Source: Internet
Now octogenarians who married in 1957, the Alperts want to arouse today’s Silent Generation. Source: Internet