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millennial
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As an adjective, millennial means referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening. As a noun, it means a person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
Meanings of millennial
6 meaningsadjective
Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
“millennial fair”
Occurring every thousand years.
Occurring at, or relating to, the end or beginning of a millennium.
Of or relating to people born in the last two decades of the 20th century.
“the millennial generation”
“He was suffering from a typical millennial problem: Which is the correct emoji to use?”
christianityReferring to the millennium, the period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth.
“the millennial judgment”
noun
demographicsoften capitalizedA person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s; one who reached adulthood early in the third millennium, C.E.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).