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- 1. the generation reaching maturity during and just after the First World War, a high proportion of whose men were killed during those years.
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Generation that came of age during World War I, born from 1883 to 1900
The Lost Generation is the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s, and were the first generation to mature in the 20th century. The term is also particularly used to refer to a group of American expatriate wri... Wikipedia