members of the generation of people born between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s who are seen as being highlyeducated and underemployed, reject consumer culture, and have little hope for the future
Derived forms
Generation Xer (ˌGeneration ˈXer)
noun
Word origin
C20: from the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
Generation X in American English
(ɛks)
the generation of persons born in the 1960s and 1970s, the children of the baby boomers, often variously regarded as apathetic, materialistic, irresponsible, etc.
Word origin
< title of novel (1991) by D. Coupland, Cdn writer
Examples of 'Generation X' in a sentence
Generation X
After reading Generation X, Julie knew that if she walked into a supermarket the world would end.