saeculum
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cyclical period of time, roughly equal to the time needed for the complete renewal of a human population:
noun
A cyclical period of time, roughly equal to the time needed for the complete renewal of a human population:
noun
An approximately 85-year cycle in Strauss-Howe generational theory, a highly controversial sociological theory that postulates that zeitgeist and popular cultural values exist along recurring cycles.
Example Sentences
- "According to legend, the gods had allotted a certain number of saecula to every people or civilization; the Etruscans, for example, had been given ten saecula."
- "At the time of the reign of emperor Augustus, the Romans decided that a saeculum was 110 years."
- "Because new ages are retrodictive as well as prospective, Augustus had his hierarchs discover (post hoc) that his were the fifth Secular Games since the founding of Rome, and that a saeculum was historically a period of 110 years."
- "Despite skepticism regarding the degree of forecasting, the authors' presentation of historical events is comprehensive and arguments for their organization into a cyclical method of four era saeculums convincing."