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Gen Alpha en · NOUN

Etymology

Clipped compound of Generation Alpha.

Meanings

1. A member of Generation Alpha.
   • Gen Zers and Gen Alphas are seeing the political work of their peers via the internet and are adapting a more global view of political causes. 2022, Mark White, 5-Gen Leadership: Leading 5 Generations in Schools in the 2020s, Corwin Press, →ISBN:
   • According to [Mark] McCrindle, “Gen Alpha will likely stay in education longer, start their earning years later and so stay at home with their parents later than even their predecessors, Gen Z and Gen Y. The role of parents, therefore, will span a longer age range—with many of these Gen Alphas likely to still be living at home later into their 20s.” 2022, Tim Elmore, A New Kind of Diversity: Making the Different Generations on Your Team a Competitive Advantage, Maxwell Leadership, →ISBN, pages 271–272:
   • Millennials, Gen Zers, and Gen Alphas who have been reared on evolving technologies, may also have little tolerance for lecture-style learning (Hughes, 2020; Mohr & Mohr, 2017; Zarra, 2017). 2022, Carol A. Darling, Dawn Cassidy, Sharon M. Ballard, Family Life Education: Working with Families across the Lifespan, 4th edition, Long Grove, Ill.: Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 77:
   • Gen Alphas are the kindergarten and pre-school children of Millennials. 2016, Joeri Van Den Bergh, How Cool Brands Stay Hot: Branding to Generations Y and Z, Kogan Page, →ISBN, page 11:

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Synonyms

Alpha · Generation Alpha

Gen Alpha en · PROPN

Etymology

Clipped compound of Generation Alpha.

Meanings

1. (informal) Generation Alpha
   • South Park is getting ruined, and all of us Gen Alpha kids are just sitting here, watching it happen. 2025 October 31, Trey Parker, “The Woman in the Hat”, in South Park, season 28, episode 2, spoken by Stan:
   • Tim remembers that washing up in his classroom, too. “The kids love it so much, the word ‘skibidi’ is now part of gen Z and gen Alpha vernacular.” 2025 June 25, Elle Hunt, “From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • But she does not think the online trend madness will slow down anytime soon. Enter Gen Alpha, whose eyes are already racing across screens. 2025 March 7, Callie Holtermann, “Gen Z Is Tired of Chasing the Trend Cycle”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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