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Generation X
[jen-uh-rey-shuhn eks]
noun
the generation born between about 1966 and 1980.
Generation X
noun
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˌGeneration ˈXer noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Generation X1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Generation X1
Example Sentences
Musk took to his social media site, X, with a very Generation X response for his 220 million followers: "Whatever".
People belonging to Generation X and younger may have encountered their elders' reluctance to talk about it, perhaps because it was close enough for some of our parents to have fought in it, and because our defeat contradicted the post-World War II orthodoxy of American strength and goodness.
As a member of Generation X, timing was on her side.
The London-born James began his music career in the proto-punk band London SS, which featured future members of the Clash and Generation X. He soon met another local band, Masters of the Backside, which featured future Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde, vocalist Dave Vanian, bassist Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies.
One related to Generation X, which ushered sex positivity into the mainstream, being the main cohort slogging through it.
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