Generation X

American  

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn eks] / ˈdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən ˈɛks /

Also GenX, Gen-X

noun

1. the generation born between about 1966 and 1980.

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Generation X British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• Generation Xer noun

Etymology

Origin of Generation X

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

Example Sentences

Boomers have been more financially comfortable than their predecessors during the same times of life, and if the trends continue, they’ll be better off than at least one generation after them, too: Generation X.

From MarketWatch

Generation X, for what it’s worth, carries the largest monthly debt — more than $9,000.

From MarketWatch

Generation X, like the variable x, might stand for anything or nothing at all.

From The Wall Street Journal

Workers in Generation X, who are the first to have to rely more heavily on their own preparations as opposed to company pensions, have a median $107,000 in household retirement accounts, according to a Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies report published in December.

From MarketWatch

Workers in Generation X, who are the first to have to rely more heavily on their own preparations as opposed to company pensions, have a median $107,000 in household retirement accounts, according to a Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies report published in December.

From MarketWatch