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Generation K

Generation K proper noun: a demographic cohort identified in 2015, consisting of 13- to 20-year-olds who are relatively anxious, intent on being unique, and concerned about inequality.

Proper noun

Generation K

  1. A demographic cohort identified in 2015, consisting of 13- to 20-year-olds who are relatively anxious, intent on being unique, and concerned about inequality.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Generation K.

Origin of Generation K

Coined by British economist and author Noreena Hertz in 2015. The K stands for Katniss Everdeen, a character in the young-adult novel The Hunger Games (2008).

Questions about Generation K

What does Generation K mean?
Generation K means a demographic cohort identified in 2015, consisting of 13- to 20-year-olds who are relatively anxious, intent on being unique, and concerned about inequality.
What part of speech is Generation K?
Generation K is a proper noun.

Words near Generation K in the dictionary

  1. generation effects
  2. Generation Facebook
  3. generation gap
  4. generation gaps
  5. Generation Jones
  6. Generation K
  7. generation loss
  8. generation losses
  9. Generation Next
  10. generation ship
  11. generation ships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Generation K (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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