Angry Young Man
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in reference to John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger.
Noun[edit]
Angry Young Man (plural Angry Young Men)
- (literature) Any of a group of mostly working-class and middle-class British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s, their works being characterized by harshness, realism, and disillusionment with traditional norms.
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Translations[edit]
any of a group of British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s
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Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
Angry Young Man m (plural Angry Young Men)
- (literature) Angry Young Man (any of a group of British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s)