Generation X
A generation of people whose future is uncertainA generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation.
» Geriatric millennials often identify more closely with the traits of Generation X than with those of their own generation.
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US)A generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, specifically)The generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II, especially those born from 1965 to 1980, sometimes characterized as cynical, disaffected, lacking direction in life, and unwilling to take part fully in society.
Поколе́ние XPokolénije X
Покоління XPokolinnja X
Examples
1 sentencesGeriatric millennials often identify more closely with the traits of Generation X than with those of their own generation.
Translations
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Origin
Compound of generation + X (used to represent an unknown quantity or unknown value). SenseCompound of generation + X (used to represent an unknown quantity or unknown value). Sense 2 (“the post-baby boom generation”) was popularized by the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991) by the Canadian author and artist Douglas Coupland (born 1961).
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