Gen X
noun
\ ˈjen-ˈeks
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Definition of Gen X
: generation x
Gen X managed to stretch adolescence beyond all previous limits: Its members started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.— Jean M. Twenge
—often used before another noun a Gen X celebrity —often hyphenated in such use … 'The Blair Witch Project,' a stealth blockbuster with clever Internet marketing and so much Gen-X appeal that it's spooking Hollywood. — Newsweek
Other Words from Gen X
Gen Xer
\ ˈjen-ˈek-sər
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or Gen-Xer
noun,
plural Gen Xers
or Gen-Xers
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or Gen-Xer
noun,
plural Gen Xers
or Gen-Xers
… only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent.
— Jean M. Twenge
Like many Gen-Xers, I remember childhood as an uncomplicated time when the only thing you had to worry about was being home by dark.
— Bethany Young Hardy
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