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baby boom

A sudden, large, sustained increase in the birthrate, especially the one from the later 1940s through the early 1960s.

ba′by-boom′ adj.

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baby boom

(Sociology) a sharp increase in the birth rate of a population, esp the one that occurred after World War II. Also called (esp Brit): the bulge

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ba′by boom`

(sometimes caps.) a period of sharp increase in the birthrate, as that in the U.S. following World War II.

[1940–45, Amer.]

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baby boom - the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II

baby-boom generation

generation - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

baby boomer, boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"

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Awash in 35 years of moral hypocrisy and therapeutic zealot ry, a confused and self-absorbed baby-boom generation today perpetuates the dynamics of violence, even when it purports to do the opposite through a frenzy of legislation, media campaigns, and character curriculums" (insight magazine, August 7, 2000).

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The baby-boom generation, called by at least one demographic wag as "the pig in the python," is now approaching retirement.

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Dr Dennis Trent, a consultant psychologist at Midland Psychological Service, said: "I'm not at all surprised by this mini baby-boom.