saeculum

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a human being or, equivalently, the complete renewal of a human population.
 * 2) 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.

Etymology
Probably from +  (whence 🇨🇬), in the sense of successive generations being linked together over time. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

An alternative theory derives the word from.

Noun

 * 1) race, breed
 * 2) generation, lifetime
 * 3) the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was alive at, or witness to, that occurrence
 * 4) age, time, the times, an era
 * 5) century
 * 6) worldliness; the world
 * 1) worldliness; the world

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