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nounLow/Very Low (Specialist)
/ˌdʒen.ər.ə.laɪzd ˈʌð.ər/The concept, originating from George Herbert Mead's symbolic interactionism, referring to an individual's internalized understanding of the collective attitudes, expectations, and perspectives of the broader society or community, which guides their behavior and self-conception.
generalship
nounC2
/ˈdʒen(ə)rəlʃɪp/The skill, activity, or position of commanding military forces.
generate
verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
/ˈdʒenəreɪt/To cause something to exist or be produced; to create.
generation
nounB1
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/All the people or things born or created at about the same time.
generation a
nounC1
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/All the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; also a single stage in the succession of a family, or the average period (about 30 years) between such stages.
generation c
nounB2/C1
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən ˈsiː/A demographic term for a generation defined not by age but by their active connection to digital communication and online content creation.
generation gap
nounCommon (Mid-frequency, B2 level)
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən ɡæp/The differences in opinions, behaviors, and values between younger and older generations.
generation jones
nounC1
/ˌdʒen.ərˈeɪ.ʃən ˈdʒəʊnz/A demographic cohort of people born between 1954 and 1965, following the Baby Boomers and preceding Generation X.
generation x
nounC1
/ˌdʒen.ərˈeɪ.ʃən ˈeks/The demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers, born roughly from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.
generation xl
nounMedium
/ˌdʒen.ərˈeɪ.ʃən ˈeks/The demographic cohort following the baby boomers, typically defined as people born from the mid-1960s to early 1980s. They are often characterized as skeptical, pragmatic, and independent, shaped by economic uncertainty and emerging digital technology.
generation y
nounB2
/ˌdʒenəˌreɪʃən ˈwaɪ/The demographic cohort following Generation X, broadly defined as people born from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s or early 2000s.
generation z
nounB2
/ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən ˈzɛd/The demographic cohort succeeding Millennials, typically defined as people born from the mid-to-late 1990s to the early 2010s, characterized as digital natives who have grown up with widespread internet and mobile technology.
generative ai
nounHigh
/ˈdʒɛnərətɪv ˌeɪ ˈaɪ/A type of artificial intelligence that can create new, original content (like text, images, code, or audio) based on patterns learned from existing data.
generative grammar
nounLow (C2/Academic)
/ˈdʒenərətɪv ˈɡræmə(r)/A theory of grammar that uses a finite set of rules to generate an infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language.
generative phonology
nounC2
/ˌdʒenərətɪv fəˈnɒlədʒi/A theoretical framework within linguistics that aims to describe the system of sounds in a language as a set of rules that generate all and only the well-formed phonetic representations.
generative semantics
nounC2
/ˌdʒenərətɪv sɪˈmæntɪks/A theory in linguistics proposing that semantics (meaning) is the generative component of language, forming deep structures from which syntax emerges.
generative-transformational grammar
nounC2
/ˌdʒɛnərətɪv ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃənl ˈɡræmə/A theory of linguistics developed by Noam Chomsky that posits a finite set of rules (a generative grammar) capable of producing an infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language, combined with transformational rules that map deep structures (abstract underlying forms) to surface structures (actual spoken or written sentences).
generativist
nounC2
/ˈdʒenərətɪvɪst/An adherent or proponent of generative grammar, a linguistic theory focused on the innate, rule-governed system underlying language production.
generator
nounB2
/ˈdʒenəreɪtə(r)/A machine or device that produces something, most commonly electricity.
generatrix
nounVery Rare
/ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪtrɪks/A line, point, or surface whose motion or presence defines a geometrical figure or shape.

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