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单词 premillennial tension
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Definition of premillennial tension in English:

premillennial tension

noun
  • Anxiety about the coming of a new millennium; specifically the posited phenomenon of general anxiety about the end of the 20th cent.

Origin

1990s; earliest use found in The Economist. With punning allusion to premenstrual tension).

Definition of premillennial tension in US English:

premillennial tension

noun
  • Anxiety about the coming of a new millennium; specifically the posited phenomenon of general anxiety about the end of the 20th cent.

Origin

1990s; earliest use found in The Economist. With punning allusion to premenstrual tension).

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