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

These account holders were mostly Generation X members and baby boomers who had been saving for roughly 25 years, according to Fidelity vice president of thought leadership Mike Shamrell.

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Generation X, your generation, will likely work longer, so you may have more demands on your time that could be a source of bemusement for your mother-in-law.

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Generation X was known as the “slacker generation,” even though, arguably, they worked as hard as everyone else.

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Generation X and boomers may look down at millennials and Generation Z, singling out the younger workers’ desire for a healthier/happier work-life balance, and the older generation as having it easier, perhaps highlighting the cost of living and cost of housing and ability to retire.

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Generation X, as the first do-it-yourself retirement generation, is falling behind.

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