Generation X

Generation X

n.

The generation following the post-World War II baby boom, especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the late 1970s.

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[After Generation X, a novel by Douglas Coupland (born 1961), Canadian writer.]

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Generation X′er (ek′sər) n.

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Generation X

n

(Sociology) members of the generation of people born between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s who are seen as being highly educated and underemployed, reject consumer culture, and have little hope for the future

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

ˌGeneration ˈXer n

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Generation X

(ɛks)
n.

the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, esp. in the United States.

[after the novel of the same name (1991) by Douglas Coupland]

Generation X'er, n.

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generation X

Americans and Western Europeans born between about 1963 and 1979.

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Noun

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generation X - the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) gen X generation - group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

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