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The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.
Dave Sim

Meaning of "Generation X" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GENERATION X

From the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERATION X

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERATION X

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Generation X is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENERATION X MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Generation X

Generation X

Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom. Demographers, historians and commentators use beginning birth dates from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

Definition of Generation X in the English dictionary

The definition of Generation X in the dictionary is members of the generation of people born between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s who are highly educated and underemployed, reject consumer culture, and have little hope for the future.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERATION X

Generation C
generation gap
Generation Jones
Generation O
Generation Xer
Generation XL
Generation Y
Generation Z

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERATION X

Charles X
Christian X
Leo X
Malcolm X
Pius X
syndrome X

Synonyms and antonyms of Generation X in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Generation X» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERATION X

Find out the translation of Generation X to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Generation X from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Generation X» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

X一代
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Generación X
570 millions of speakers

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Generation X
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जनरेशन एक्स
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جيل X
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поколение X
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geração X
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেনারেশন X
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Generation X
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Generasi X
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Generation X
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジェネレーションX
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

X 세대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Generasi X
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thế hệ X
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைமுறை X
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जनरेशन एक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

X Nesil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

generazione X
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokolenie X
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

покоління X
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Generația X
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Generation X
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Generation X
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Generation X
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Generation X
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Generation X

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERATION X»

The term «Generation X» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.375 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERATION X» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Generation X

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QUOTES WITH «GENERATION X»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Generation X.
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Dave Sim
The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERATION X»

Discover the use of Generation X in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Generation X and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent the new generation - Generation X. Fiercely suspicious of being lumped ...
Douglas Coupland, 2013
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Generation X is Douglas Coupland's acclaimed salute to the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960s--a generation known vaguely up to then as "twentysomething.
Douglas Coupland, 1991
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Three twenty-something young adults, working at low-paying, no-future jobs, tell one another modern tales of love and death.
Douglas Coupland, 1991
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Generation X
Driven by guilt over the brutal slaughter of her former pupils, Emma Frost finds herself tormented by strange ghostly manifestations that are threatening her new students, and it is up to the teenage mutants of Generation X to stop the ...
Scott Lobdell, 1997
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Generation X Goes Global: Mapping a Youth Culture in Motion
This edited volume is the first book of its kind to engage criticse(tm) understanding of Generation X as a global phenomenon.
Christine Henseler, 2012
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Screening Generation X: The Politics and Popular Memory of ...
This book explores the important cultural work performed by films that mediate the experiences of Generation X and critiques the ongoing marginalization of the youth who struggle to find their identity and a voice in increasingly unstable ...
Dr Christina Lee, 2012
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Marketing to Generation X
Traits belonging to this group worth noting, suggests Ritchie, are its diversity, fascination with interactivity, resistance to obvious or patronizing marketing appeals, uncertain future, and general resentfulness of the attention the ...
Karen Ritchie, 2002
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Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction
Through a sharp and entertaining mix of pop and alt-culture, personal narrative, and economic analysis, author Lisa Chamberlain shows how Generation X has survived and even thrived in the era of creative destruction, but will now be faced ...
Lisa Chamberlain, 2008
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Generation X Rocks: Contemporary Peninsular Fiction, Film, ...
Essays in this volume explore the popular cultural effects of rock culture on high literary production in Spain in the 1990s.
Christine Henseler, Randolph D. Pope, 2007
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X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can ...
Read Jeff Gordinier's posts on the Penguin Blog In this simultaneously hilarious and incisive "manifesto for a generation that's never had much use for manifestos," Gordinier suggests that for the first time since the "Smells Like Teen ...
Jeff Gordinier, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERATION X»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Generation X is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smith: Generation X earning more but ends up having less | Daily …
But back in the 1990s, the previous generation, Generation X, got much the same treatment. They were slackers, they were entitled, blah blah ... «DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
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The great wealth transfer is coming, putting advisers at risk
Over the next 30 years, an epic $30 trillion will be passed down from baby boomers to Generation X to millennials. In that enormous transfer of ... «InvestmentNews, Jul 15»
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Live Aid defined music for Gen X - Philly.com
As a member of Generation X, I knew how the baby boomers who had been to Woodstock reveled in being able to say that they had been there ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Generation X Earns More But Has Less - Bloomberg View
It's pretty common these days for the media to make fun of millennials. But back in the 1990s, the previous generation, Generation X, got much ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
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Generation X Now Called Generation Rent; Millennial's Aren't …
The generation X or sometimes called the millennials is now called the generation rent because most of the young adults these days are ... «Realty Today, Jul 15»
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This Is Why Gen X Will Never Be Able to Retire
For the trailing edge of Generation X, this isn't dire news — not yet. Since they're still in their mid-to-late 30s, these workers are just now getting ... «TIME, Jul 15»
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Forget X, Y or Z: welcome to Generation Curious
So unlike Generation X, Y or Z, Generation Curious has always been with us. It's an innate behaviour which gets masked as we grow up. «Marketing, Jul 15»
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Generation Debt: Increasing Comfort With Debt Creates Cloudy …
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Living with debt has become a way of life for both Generation X (Gen X) and baby boomers as the stigma ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Here's Why Your Boss is Probably Younger Than You
As baby boomers head for retirement, members of Generation X, or those born between 1965 and 1980, are taking their places in the c-suite. «TIME, Jul 15»
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Generation X Aren't Buying Homes
Older members of Generation X had just reached an age where they would normally have purchased a bigger home when the housing crisis ... «RealtyBizNews, Jul 15»

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