millennial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to a millennium or a period of one thousand years

   The temple survived through a millennial cycle of destruction and rebuilding.

2. 2
   adj

   occurring at the beginning or end of a millennium

   The city organized a millennial celebration as the year 2000 approached.

3. 3
   noun

   a member of the generation born roughly during the 1980s and 1990s

   As a millennial, she remembers both dial-up internet and smartphones.

Formed from Late Latin millennium ("a thousand years") + -al. The generational noun and adjective were popularized in the late twentieth century for people coming of age near the turn of the millennium.

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