ALL meanings of lost generation
lost gen·er·a·tion
L l - noun lost generation the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability. 1
- noun lost generation a group of American writers of this generation, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Dos Passos. 1
- noun lost generation The generation that came of age during World War I. 0
- noun lost generation the large number of talented young men killed in World War I 0
- noun lost generation the generation of writers, esp American authors such as Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway, active after World War I 0