Gen Z

or GenZ, Gen-Z

[ jen zee ]

noun

1. the generation born between the late 1990s and about 2010 (often used attributively).

Other Words From

• Gen Z'er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gen Z¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

"Find out from your friends and relatives what they would pay for from you. That's a fantastic way to scope out which of your skills and expertise is monetizable with a built-in market," said Taylor Price, a Gen Z personal finance expert and founder of Priceless Tay.

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This makes him appealing to his plugged-in Gen Z audience, who understand the implications of being labeled a short king.

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"Older baby boomer voters are aging out of the population, and they're being replaced by younger, millennial and Gen Z voters who are not as attached to the Democratic Party. So nobody really knew that they had to make the case to these folks through aggressive targeting."

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That ignores a vital truism driving Gen Z to the Rogans of the world: To them, people who get their news from network and cable sources and legacy media outlets that once printed blog posts on paper are the low information demographic.

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Lemon’s clipped-out conversations contain a few clues, especially about how Gen Z digests political information.

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