"Gen Alpha" meaning in English

See Gen Alpha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: gen Alpha [alternative]
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  1. (demographics, informal) Generation Alpha Tags: informal
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Noun

Forms: Gen Alphas [plural], gen Alpha [alternative]
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  1. A member of Generation Alpha. Synonyms: Alpha, Generation Alpha
    Sense id: en-Gen_Alpha-en-noun-lbxRsw19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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