postmillennial
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of postmillennial
First recorded in 1850–55; post- + millennial
Example Sentences
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Even the word “oratory,” from our postmillennial point of view, seems outdated, the rhetorical equivalent of knee breeches and frock coats.
From Washington Post
Finally, he seemed poised to capitalize on the postmillennial rush of tourists to the highest mountain on Earth — a boom there seemed no reason to doubt would continue.
From Los Angeles Times
This is why I constantly urge my representatives to protect the International Affairs Budget and advocate for a COVID-19 global response supplement, and I encourage my postmillennial peers to do the same.
From Seattle Times
He has a definite worldview and a strategy, a feral brilliance that has cracked the political code in the digital, postmillennial era.
From Washington Post
Before the Civil War, many evangelical Christians held a postmillennial eschatology.
From Washington Post
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