Generation Yn. The generation following Generation X, especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.[Modeled on Generation X.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Generation Y n (Sociology) members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Generation Y n. the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, esp. in the United States. [1990?95; patterned after Generation X] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.generation YPeople born into technologically advanced societies since 1980.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited