is a

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neologism used to describe young Japanese who have seemingly achieved the Buddhist enlightened state free from material desires but who have in reality given up ambition and hope due to

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trends. The term was coined around 2010. The Satori generation are not interested in earning money, career advancement, and

conspicuous consumption In sociology and in economics, the term conspicuous consumption describes and explains the consumer practice of buying and using goods of a higher quality, price, or in greater quantity than practical. In 1899, the sociologist Thorstein Veblen c ...

, or even travel, hobbies and romantic relationships; their

alcohol consumption Drinks containing alcohol (drug), alcohol are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and Distilled beverage, spirits—with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. Drinks with less than 0.5% are sometimes considered Non-al ...

is far lower than Japanese of earlier generations.Michael Hoffman
Life is too short for an undesirable satori
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'', 2013/03/31 They live in a period of

waithood Waithood (a portmanteau of "wait" and " adulthood") is a period of stagnation in the lives of young unemployed college graduates in various industrializing and developing nations or regions, primarily in the Middle East, North Africa ( MENA) and ...

and are

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, parasite singles,

freeter In Japan, a is a person aged 18 to 34 who is unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise lacks full-time paid employment. The term excludes housewives and students. Freeters do not start a career after high school or university, but instead e ...

s or hikikomori. The Satori generation in Japan share characteristics with the N-po generation in South Korea,Beatrix Tan
SATORI GENERATION: THE NEW-AGE ENLIGHTENED STOICS OF JAPAN
''RGNN'', November 23, 2015 and the Tang ping ( 躺平 “lying flat”) phenomenon in China.

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Gen X? Millennials? A Quick Guide to Japan’s Generation Cohorts
economy of Japan Demographics of Japan neologisms Cultural generations Culture of Japan Sexual abstinence Voluntary childlessness {{Japan-culture-stub

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