Generation X

English 2021 April 10 Alternative forms en generation X Gen-X Gen X X generation X Generation Etymology en 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).n 253884 March 2021 1; n1 Generation X; Gen X 853 Pronunciation en /ˌdʒɛnəɹeɪʃn̩ ˈɛks/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Generation X.wav Southern England en /ˌdʒɛnəˌɹeɪʃən ˈɛks/ GA en ɛks 5 en Ge ne rat ion X Proper noun Generation X en originally Canada, Australia, New Zealand US, UK, Ireland en originally A generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation. from 1950s en Charles Hamblett; Jane Deverson Generation X 1964 191 123254655 When historians evaluate the contribution of Generation X one theme will recur over and over again, and that is the rage and revulsion handed from Father to Son. en 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. en MTV generation 13th Gen dated en boomer#Etymology_2 boomers Generation Y Generation Z en John Marchese The short shelf life of Generation X w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/18/style/the-short-shelf-life-of-generation-x.html New York, N.Y. w:The New York Times Company 18 June 1995 35 0362-4331 971436363 Any self-respecting Generation Xer might notice that Mr. [Douglas] Coupland's death knell for Generation X coincides with the promotion of his latest book, “Microserfs” (HarperCollins) https://web.archive.org/web/20250817105602/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/18/style/the-short-shelf-life-of-generation-x.html 17 August 2025 Derived terms en Generation Xer Generation XL Gen Xer Gen-Xer xennial Xer Translations generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II Afrikaans: af Generasie X Arabic: ar الجيل إكس Armenian: hy X սերունդ Asturian: ast Xeneración X Basque: eu X belaunaldia Catalan: ca generació X f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn X世代 X shìdài Czech: cs Generace X f Dutch: nl Generatie X f Estonian: et X-põlvkond Finnish: fi X-sukupolvi French: fr génération X f Galician: gl Xeración X f Georgian: ka דור ה־X თაობა X Greek: el Γενιά Χ f Hindi: hi X पीढ़ी f Hungarian: hu X generáció, hu X nemzedék Ido: io Generaciono X Italian: it Generazione X f Japanese: ja ジェネレーションX Korean: ko X세대 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr nifşê X m, kmr jenerasyona X f Macedonian: mk Генерација X f Malay: ms Generasi X Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Generasjon X m Occitan: oc Generacion X f Polish: pl pokolenie X n Portuguese: pt Geração X f Romanian: ro Generația X Russian: ru Поколе́ние X n Sardinian: sc Ingènneru X Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Генера́ција X f Latin: sh Generácija X f Slovak: sk Generácia X Spanish: es generación X f Thai: th เจเนอเรชันเอกซ์ Turkish: tr X jenerasyonu, tr X kuşağı Ukrainian: uk Покоління X n Urdu: ur جنریشن ایکس See also en baby buster baby boomer echo boomer millennial zoomer genx References Further reading Generation X (disambiguation) Anagrams en aeeginnortx X Generation X generation exonerating en Collectives Sociology Age