Generation Z
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Generation Z¹
Where it comes from
Using Z as the letter that follows Y, as in Generation Y.
proper noun generation Z · Generation Zed · Gen Z · Gen-Z
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The generation of people born between the mid-late 1990s and early 2010s, following Generation Y, typically defined as beginning with births in 1997 and ending with births in 2012.
Generation Z, those born after 1997, also known as the Millennials or the “I” generation, grew up watching the fall of the World Trade Center, the crash of the financial markets, and the intoxicating greed of financial moguls.
Similar: iGeneration, iGen, digital natives, Post-Millennials, Generation K, zoomers
noun Generation Zs · generation Z · Generation Zed · Gen Z · Gen-Z
generation Z²
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Generation Z As for hard facts, “there’s a chart that shows the proportion of each generation that drinks five or more nights a week,” says Bobby Duffy […]. “One-third of the prewar generation drank five nights a week. It’s 0.2% of generation Z [those born between about 1995 and 2012].”
noun generation Zs
- Alternative letter-case form of Generation Z In the US, millennials and generation Zs aren’t taking all their annual leave, even though they don’t get much of it over there.
Translations
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name generation of people
| Español | generación Z |
|---|---|
| 中文 | Z世代, 網生代 /网生代, 網生一代 /网生一代 |
| हिन्दी | Z पीढ़ी Z pīṛhī |
| Português | geração Z |
| Français | génération Z |
| Deutsch | Generation Z |
| العربية | جِيل زِد jīl zid |
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@misc{generation_z_2026,
title = {Generation Z},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/generation%20z},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
