Generation 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

Derived Forms

• ˌGeneration ˈXer, 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

Example Sentences

Looking back, I feel like there was something really magical about that whole period: Generation X, Grunge, slackers.

From The Daily Beast

It is an empathic style that earned Blume the devotion of Generation X just as those kids came of age and began craving a guide.

From The Daily Beast

Generation X is now middle-aged and ready to revisit its formative years.

From The Daily Beast