postmillennial

American  

[pohst-mi-len-ee-uhl] / ˌpoʊst mɪˈlɛn i əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the period following the millennium.

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postmillennial British  

/ ˌpəʊstmɪˈlɛnɪəl /

adjective

1. existing or taking place after the millennium

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Etymology

Origin of postmillennial

First recorded in 1850–55; post- + millennial

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Example Sentences

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postmillennial

Even the word “oratory,” from our postmillennial point of view, seems outdated, the rhetorical equivalent of knee breeches and frock coats.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021

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 ● May 9, 2021

“Hotel Mumbai” belongs to an odd postmillennial genre: the queasy and half-cathartic thriller, based on actual outrages of recent times.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 15, 2019

But even if only apocryphal, the picture it paints of American acrimony in the postmillennial years is true beyond mere facts.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2017

Tall, gaunt and slightly ungainly, in his snakeskin shoes, chunky rings and rakishly well-tailored suits, Cave resembles nothing so much as a postmillennial hybrid of bookie and peer of the realm.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2014

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