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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
intergenerational
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ School officials say the intergenerational programs help both the children and retired people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Black leaders will refrain from hammering at the issue out of an uneasiness at speaking about intergenerational oppression.
▪ But once a system of intergenerational transfers exists, it is only possible to move to self-financing very slowly.
▪ It builds on work undertaken by the researcher on the first generation in Leicester, thus providing a basis for intergenerational comparison.
▪ So perhaps another way to foster a more sustainable gay culture would be to create institutions that promote intergenerational interaction.
▪ The big winner in a system of intergenerational transfers is the first generation.
▪ The pressures of intergenerational living are compounded by climatic differences.
▪ The struggle over the calendar is also an intergenerational struggle.
▪ This concern has been manifest in the debate over intergenerational conflict about access to resources.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
intergenerational

1964, from inter- + generation + -al (1).

Wiktionary
intergenerational

a. Between or across generations.

Usage examples of "intergenerational".

That’s quite an important ethological concept, this intergenerational signaling sys­tem that is so adaptive and useful in contributing reinforcement to the mother for this uniquely mammalian, altruistic feeding behavior.

We have friends and relatives whose intergenerational and extended families have rallied around them in their struggles with a Down’s syndrome child, a severe drug problem, an overwhelming financial problem, or a failing marriage.