Me Decade

English

Etymology

Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1976.

Proper noun

the Me Decade

1. (US) The 1970s characterized by a rise of self-indulgence and narcissism in American society.
   • 1986 April 12, R. W. Murray, “One Solution: Neo-Paganism”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     In contrast to some of the pop gurus of the "Me Decade," Starhawk and Margot Adler are both political activists, very much aware off the need to push for political change.

   • 2001, Bruce J. Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American culture, Society, and Politics, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 145:

     The prevailing concept of the Seventies remains the idea of the “Me Decade”—an era of narcissism, selfishness, personal rather than political awareness. […] Pundits and historians portrayed the Me Decade as the antidote to or repudiation of the activist, altruistic 1960s.

See also

decades in English (edit)

Further reading

• “Me Decade”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• The "Me" Decade and the Third Great Awakening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia