Me Decade

The Me Decade was the 1970s decade when many young people were focused on themselves, rather than the world at large.

(noun)

An example of the Me Decade was the popularity of the book I'm OK, You're OK written by Thomas A. Harris, M.D.

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See Me Decade in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the decade of the 1970s thought of as characterized by narcissism, self-indulgence, and a lack of social concern in many, esp. younger, people (the )

Origin: coined (1976) by Tom Wolfe (1931-), U.S. writer

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