Gen X
noun[U+ sing/pl verb]
informal(alsogen X,gen x)uk/ˌdʒen ˈeks/us/ˌdʒen ˈeks/short forGeneration X: a way of referring to thegroupofpeoplewho werebornin the 1960s and 1970s:
Members ofGenXprioritizeabalancedlife.
GenX is oftendefinedaspeoplebornbetween 1965 and 1980.
Genxdadsaretryingto be moreinvolved.
Compare
Gen Y
Gen Z
baby boomer
boomer
millennial
- ThesurveysuggeststhatGenX hasseriouseconomicconcernsrelatedtoretirement.
- Strauss and HowedefineGenX asbeginningwith the '61cohort.
- I’mgenX and both myparentsworkedtoprovidefor threekids.
- Thedirectorwasmystifiedby hisstatusas aGenXicon.
Twentieth century
- art deco
- axis
- Axis Powers
- D-Day
- Edwardian
- Generation X
- Generation Y
- Georgian
- National Socialism
- Nazi
- Nazism
- post-depression
- post-war
- speakeasy
- the final solution
- the Gestapo
- the Great Depression
- ultra-modernist
- WWI
- WWII