Centenarian
noun
A person who is hundred or more years old.
My grandmother is a centenarian, she just turned 100 last week.
Often appears as...
- healthy centenarian
- centenarian population
noun
A person who is hundred or more years old.
My grandmother is a centenarian, she just turned 100 last week.
Often appears as...
- healthy centenarian
- centenarian population
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Age Precision
Specify 'centenarian' for exact or assumed ages of 100 or more, rather than just old.
At the community event, two centenarians were honored for their lifetime achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Term
'Centenarian' carries respect for the person's longevity; use it positively.
He's a centenarian with incredible stories from the past century.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Derogatory
Unlike some other words for elderly people, 'centenarian' is never used insultingly.
Her great-uncle, a sharp-witted centenarian, was the life of the party.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Precision
Specify 'centenarian' for exact or assumed ages of 100 or more, rather than just old.
At the community event, two centenarians were honored for their lifetime achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Term
'Centenarian' carries respect for the person's longevity; use it positively.
He's a centenarian with incredible stories from the past century.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Derogatory
Unlike some other words for elderly people, 'centenarian' is never used insultingly.
Her great-uncle, a sharp-witted centenarian, was the life of the party.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Precision
Specify 'centenarian' for exact or assumed ages of 100 or more, rather than just old.
At the community event, two centenarians were honored for their lifetime achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Term
'Centenarian' carries respect for the person's longevity; use it positively.
He's a centenarian with incredible stories from the past century.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Derogatory
Unlike some other words for elderly people, 'centenarian' is never used insultingly.
Her great-uncle, a sharp-witted centenarian, was the life of the party.
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Video examples
How to live to be 100+ -...
Illustrated swimsuit calendar you see the centenarian of the month calendar this as it turns out is not only good for your aging parents to keep them close to the family it imparts about four to six years of extra life expectancy research shows it's also good for the children of those families who
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How Amazon, Apple,...
Children with poor nutrition but a lot of affection have better outcomes than children with good nutrition and poor affection. However, the best signal that you might make it to be part of the number-one fastest growing demographic in the world -- centenarians, people who live to triple digits --
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What does your time feel...
tweens to centenarians and presented them with all sorts of questions and rating skills unsurprisingly regardless of age he found that everyone felt that the last few weeks and months had whizzed by in a flash however longer intervals of time such as
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The Key to Living a...
model for how we can all age come on in fellas are you one of the interesting thing with those centenarians is to see how they interact with environment and we thought hey maybe they do all the right things
Video examples
How to live to be 100+ -...
Illustrated swimsuit calendar you see the centenarian of the month calendar this as it turns out is not only good for your aging parents to keep them close to the family it imparts about four to six years of extra life expectancy research shows it's also good for the children of those families who
Video examples
How Amazon, Apple,...
Children with poor nutrition but a lot of affection have better outcomes than children with good nutrition and poor affection. However, the best signal that you might make it to be part of the number-one fastest growing demographic in the world -- centenarians, people who live to triple digits --
Video examples
What does your time feel...
tweens to centenarians and presented them with all sorts of questions and rating skills unsurprisingly regardless of age he found that everyone felt that the last few weeks and months had whizzed by in a flash however longer intervals of time such as
Video examples
The Key to Living a...
model for how we can all age come on in fellas are you one of the interesting thing with those centenarians is to see how they interact with environment and we thought hey maybe they do all the right things
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Quote examples
Dan Buettner
American Explorer
Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
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Mary Berry
British Chef
I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.
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Elie Metchnikoff
Russian Scientist
Most of the centenarians whom I have been able to see have been so defective mentally that all that can be studied in them are the physical qualities and functions.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
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David Shields
American Author
Centenarians tend to be assertive, suspicious, and practical.
Quote examples
Dan Buettner
American Explorer
Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
Quote examples
Mary Berry
British Chef
I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.
Quote examples
Elie Metchnikoff
Russian Scientist
Most of the centenarians whom I have been able to see have been so defective mentally that all that can be studied in them are the physical qualities and functions.
Quote examples
S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
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David Shields
American Author
Centenarians tend to be assertive, suspicious, and practical.
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