baby boom

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English

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Noun

baby boom (plural baby booms)

  1. (demography) A period marked by a signifiant increase in the birth rate.
    Antonym: baby bust
  2. (singular only) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

Derived terms

Translations

post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)

See also

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

Noun

baby boom m (plural baby booms)

  1. (historical, singular only) baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964))
  2. baby boom (any increase in the birth rate)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom.

Pronunciation

Noun

baby boom m (uncountable)

  1. baby boom
    • 2018 September 13, “Beber sangre humana joven sería la clave para vivir más y mejor”, in Clarín‎:
      A medida que la gran generación del baby boom se acerca a la vejez, debemos encontrar formas de mantener sanos a nuestros ancianos en lugar de simplemente mantenerlos cerca.
      As the great generation of the baby boom approaches old age, we must find ways to keep our elderly people healthy instead of simply keeping them close.

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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