iGen
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From i- + Gen(eration), from having grown up with the internet and in particular smartphones. Popularized by American psychologist Jean Twenge in her book iGen (2017).
Proper noun
[edit]iGen
- (uncommon) Clipping of iGeneration; synonym of Generation Z.
- 2015 December 2, “The Founders, the Plurals, iGen or ReGen – what should we call the post-millennials?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- You should have heard some of the alternatives. According to MTV, other potential names included the Plurals, the Navigators, the Regenerators, iGen, ReGen and the Homeland Generation.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:iGen.
See also
[edit]| Timeline of generations |
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