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   Generation X

   /ˌdʒɛnəreɪʃn ˈɛks/

   noun

   • 1. the generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to late 1970s), typically perceived to be disaffected and directionless: "Generation X took a relaxed approach, concentrating on quality of life"

   Word Origin 1950s (originally referring to a generation of young people about whose future there was uncertainty): in recent use popularized by Douglas Coupland in his novel Generation X (1991).

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