Generation Zn.
/ˌdʒɛnəreɪʃn ˈzɛd/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛnəˌreɪʃən ˈzi/ The generation of people born between the late 1990s and early 2010s and following Generation Y, noted in particular as the first generation to grow up in the era of widespread use of digital technology (esp. the internet and social media). Cf. Generation X n., Generation Y n., Gen Z n. See also digital native n. at digital n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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1993 Toronto Star 31 May a19/2 In the words of a young friend (I think she's Generation Z), what ca-ca.
2010 Guardian 9 Oct. (Talking Tech. Suppl.) 8/1 If you don't understand your Facebook privacy settings, how to programme your PVR or can't see the point in sharing your music playlists, try asking one of Generation Z.
2015 New Yorker 1 June 72/1 If members of Generation Z don't stumble over a YouTube link to one of these writers, they may never encounter them at all.
Derivatives
ˌGeneration ˈZer n. a member of Generation Z.
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1994 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 8 June (Metro ed.) d4/2 No decent adults? What about us Generation Z-ers well over 20?
2016 National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Sept. fp1 Generation Zers are high users of social media, tending to share stories through videos and pictures and favouring emojis over words in communicating with friends.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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