English

Alternative forms

• post-millennial

Adjective

postmillennial ‎(comparative more postmillennial, superlative most postmillennial)

1. (Christianity) Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place after the millennium. [from 19th c.]
2. Pertaining to the period following the year 1000 or (now more usually) following the year 2000. [from 20th c.]
   • 2006, Rosie Ifould, The Guardian, 18 June:

     In 2001, the US author Marc Prensky invented the term “digital native” to describe the post-millennial generation who would grow up in an online world.