Generation X
noun [U]Definition
› a way of referring to the group of people who were born in the 1960s and 1970s: Members of Generation X are often portrayed as having no clear direction to their lives. → Compare baby-boomer, Generation Y
(Definition of Generation X noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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