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Definition of Generation X
1. Noun. The generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s).
Definition of Generation X
1. Proper noun. the generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II, especially those born in the 1960s and 1970s ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Generation X
Literary usage of Generation X
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Future of Social Security for This Generation and the Next: Current State of edited by Jim Bunning (1997)
"The majority of each generation chose increased payroll taxes, although generation
X'ers were the least likely to favor it (57 percent). ..."
2. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"Y2 females, foreign born x first generation x all others = 21.228; df = I2;p < .001.
was the base 10 logarithm of the number of drinks respondents consumed ..."
3. A New America: An Awakened Future on Our Horizon by Alexander S. Kochkin, Patricia M. Van Camp (2005)
"In our usage, the following age compositions were used: • "Generation-Y" (born
after 1978) 7.9% of respondents • "Generation-X" (born 1965 - 1977) 25.4% of ..."
4. School Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by James M. Jeffords (2001)
"The "Nation at Risk" report, with its line about how the products of American
schools were "a rising tide of mediocrity" tended to stamp Generation X with a ..."
5. Tomorrow's Women by Helen Wilkinson, Melanie Howard (1997)
"Coupland D, 1992, Generation X, Abacus, London. 8. ... See for example, Cannon
D, 1994, Generation X and the new work ethic, Demos, London; Wilkinson H and ..."
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