angry young man
noun
1
: an outspoken critic of or protester against an economic condition or social injustice
2
: one of a group of mid-20th century British authors whose works express the bitterness of the lower classes toward the established sociopolitical system and toward the mediocrity and hypocrisy of the middle and upper classes
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The insight into the fury of cinema’s legendary angry young man has come from a book about the 1950’s Italian film industry by an American couple living in Rome at the time and mixing in glamorous movie industry circles.
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
If, instead, this Israeli government insists on ethnically cleansing Gaza (and the West Bank), a long-term Palestinian insurgency will bubble up from the ruins, built from angry young men.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
In the course of our coverage of this unprecedented election season, Jay Caspian Kang wrote about angry young men; John Cassidy considered the crypto bros voting for Trump; and Brady Brickner-Wood broke down Trump’s appeal to terminally online men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
More to the point, what does the Democratic Party really offer these angry young men?
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
If, instead, this Israeli government insists on ethnically cleansing Gaza (and the West Bank), a long-term Palestinian insurgency will bubble up from the ruins, built from angry young men.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
In the course of our coverage of this unprecedented election season, Jay Caspian Kang wrote about angry young men; John Cassidy considered the crypto bros voting for Trump; and Brady Brickner-Wood broke down Trump’s appeal to terminally online men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
More to the point, what does the Democratic Party really offer these angry young men?
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Angry young man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angry%20young%20man. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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