millennial
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- adjective
- /mɪˈlɛn.i.əl/
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milenario
- Fueled by scientific, technological, and even millennial fervor, some claim we are on the verge of figuring "it" all out.
- millennial film
- millennial expectations
- millennial generation
Examples
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For engagement and ownership of new learning, that personal connection to the research is critical to millennial students.
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Invariably someone will raise their hand and ask about the millennial problem.
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You can talk about your millennial angst.
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So what about the mind and morals of this millennial generation?
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She writes a weekly column for USA TODAY, but online she is the millennial therapist.
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Educated in a digital world, millennial children lack social interaction and actual hands-on activities involving tactile and kinesthetic training.
Academic text (2015) -
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were, in fact, marked by an outburst of millennial fervor and imagery.
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The millennial trend of sustainability is changing how businesses operate.
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This festival celebrates millennial culture with art, music, and food from the last thousand years.
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Researchers are studying the impacts of climate change over a millennial timeline.
Synonyms
Relating to a time of one thousand years
Compounds
- Slang
A person born in the late 1970s or early 1980s who feels out of touch with new technology
Surface Forms
Morphology
millennial = millennium (semi-transparent) = millennium + al
The adjective is built directly from 'millennium' with the common suffix '-al', but the spelling shift and Latinate form make the relation slightly less immediate for learners.
Etymology
Millennial comes from the old Latin word mille meaning 'thousand' and from millennium meaning 'a thousand years', so it describes something that lasts or relates to a period of one thousand years.