Generation X

Also Gen·X, Gen-X

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn eks]

noun

1. the generation born between about 1966 and 1980.

Generation X

noun

1. members of the generation of people born between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s who are highly educated and underemployed, reject consumer culture, and have little hope for the future

Other Word Forms

• Generation Xer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Generation X¹

First recorded in 1990–95; named after the novel of the same name by Douglas Coupland (born 1961), German-born Canadian artist and novelist

Word History and Origins

Origin of Generation X¹

C20: from the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland