Synonyms for 1940s
1940s

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1. 1940snoun

   Synonyms:
   40s, forties

2. 1940snoun

   The decade from 1940 to 1949.

   Synonyms:
   40s, forties

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1. forties, 1940snoun

   the decade from 1940 to 1949

   Synonyms:
   mid-forties, forties

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1. List of paraphrases for "1940s":

   1940, forties, 40s

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1. Alexander Woo:

   Having George there as sort of the spiritual leader of our production, I think made everyone feel like this was something special, that even though this is the story of the Japanese Americans in the 1940s, it is not exclusively a story for Japanese Americans. It's a story for anyone whose life has been shaped or touched by the immigrant experience, which quite frankly in this country is just about anyone.

2. George Will:

   In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of turn in line, wearing improper clothes, not putting paper in wastebaskets. A 1980s survey lists these top seven drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, assault. (Arson, gang warfare and venereal disease are also-rans.)

3. Martin Nolan:

   That's a really neat piece and it's like a time warp right back to the 1940s when Marilyn was just becoming famous.

4. Ray Mabus:

   The same arguments are used every time we expand who can serve, it affects unit cohesion, it is too costly, it is too disruptive. That was the argument used against integrating the armed forces in the 1940s. Those same arguments were used against recruiting large numbers of women in the'80s. The same arguments were used during the repeal of' don't ask, don't tell'.

5. Wu Qingqi:

   Many old people come here for free toilet paper. They were probably born in 1940s or 1950s, during that time, people were very poor. And they somehow still are in fear of being poor. Other migrant workers come here too.