millennial
millennial Lexical Profile
millennial Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the demographic cohort born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s.
"Companies are constantly adapting their marketing strategies to appeal to millennial consumers."
Denoting or relating to a period of a thousand years or the thousandth anniversary of an event.
"The city organized grand millennial celebrations to mark a thousand years since its founding."
• noun
A person born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century.
"Many millennials entered the workforce during the global financial crisis of 2008."
A thousandth anniversary, or a celebration commemorating a period of one thousand years.
"Historians gathered in the capital to commemorate the nation's millennial."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Millennial' is frequently misspelled with a single 'l' or a single 'n'; remember that it retains the double 'l' and double 'n' of its root word, 'millennium'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin 'millennium', combining the Latin 'mille' (meaning 'thousand') and 'annus' (meaning 'year'), with the suffix '-al'. The demographic sense was coined in 1987 by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe to describe the cohort coming of age around the turn of the 21st century.