Millennial

/mɪˈlɛ.nɪ.əl/ · adjective

Meaning

Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old..

Definitions by Sense

1. Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.
2. Occurring every thousand years.
3. Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.
4. Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening.
5. (by extension, originally US, demography) Often capitalized: of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E.
6. (Christianity) Synonym of millenarian (“pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth”).
7. (originally US, demography) Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents.
8. (obsolete, rare) A thousandth anniversary; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.

Example Sentences

The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee / About his shadowy sides: above him swell / Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; […]

[I]t is highly likely that some preachers may have called on millennial frettings for their purposes. The theologian Abbo of Fleury recalled a premillennial sermon in his youth which did precisely this.

But I would urge you to resist the temptation to swoon into "Waking Life" as though it were a dizzy millennial throwback to a 60's trip movie.

As for Mr. [Thomas] Pynchon's conjuring of millennial New York, it's a total mishmash.

a millennial fair

the millennial generation

He was suffering from a typical millennial problem: Which is the correct emoji to use?

Boomers played cassettes in their cars and popularized FM radio. Thirteeners love their compact disks. Today's electronics industry is abuzz with talk of the new digital technology that awaits Millennial teenagers.

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• millennials
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