21st century
Our present age
The 21st century is the period from 2001 to 2100, though in common usage it began with the year 2000.
It often serves as shorthand for contemporary or modern: 21st-century technology, a 21st-century approach to education.
The phrase typically implies digital connectivity, globalization, and rapid change.
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- present-dayOf this era
- space tourismRecreational trips past atmosphere
- digital literacyAbility to use technology effectively
globalization · blockchain · e-commerce · online dating · fake news · populism · modernity · selfie · screen time · post-truth · streaming platforms · carbon footprint · modern era · digital age · hashtag · contemporary · pandemic · cancel culture
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- future timestomorrow, soon, later, eventually, someday
- Spanish LiteratureDon Quixote, Don Quijote, Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, El Cid
21st centuryprehistoric times
Era predating written records
Middle Ages · medieval period · antiquity · ancient times · Stone Age
21st centuryold-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
antiquated · archaic · outdated · obsolete · analog
21st centuryancient times
Long-ago historical era
antiquity · prehistoric era · Stone Age · Bronze Age · Dark Ages