longevities
Measures of duration
Longevities is the plural of longevity, referring to multiple instances or types of long life or duration.
The word appears when comparing lifespans across species, populations, or contexts: The longevities of various tortoise species exceed those of most mammals.
It can also refer to the durability of things: The longevities of different building materials vary widely.
People aged 100+
- supercentenariansIndividuals aged 110-plus
- lifespansDuration of existence
- durabilitiesAbilities to endure
- blue zonesRegions of unusual longevity
Okinawa · Sardinia · life expectancies · octogenarians · nonagenarians · Methuselah · aging · senescence
Overall state of health
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- fitnessGood physical shape
- nutritionBodily use of food
- anti-agingCounteracting effects of time
caloric restriction · Mediterranean diet · antioxidants · supplements · exercise regimens · preventive care · lifestyle factors · stress reduction
Capacities to keep going
- persistencesContinued existences despite obstacles
- lastingnessQuality of enduring
- permanencesEnduring, unchanging conditions
- stabilitiesStates of secure balance
resiliences · robustness · shelf lives · time-tested · withstanding · survivals · continuities · preservations
Successive rulers from one family
- lineagesRecorded chains of descent
- continuitiesUninterrupted sequences or states
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- inheritancesProperty received from deceased
successions · perpetuations · institutional memories · heirlooms · bequests · posterity · remembrances · commemorations
centenarians
People aged 100+
- supercentenariansIndividuals aged 110-plus
- lifespansDuration of existence
- durabilitiesAbilities to endure
blue zones · Okinawa · Sardinia · life expectancies · octogenarians · nonagenarians · Methuselah · aging · senescence · telomeres
wellness
Overall state of health
anti-aging · caloric restriction · Mediterranean diet · antioxidants · supplements · exercise regimens · preventive care · lifestyle factors · stress reduction · sleep quality
endurances
Capacities to keep going
- persistencesContinued existences despite obstacles
- lastingnessQuality of enduring
- permanencesEnduring, unchanging conditions
stabilities · resiliences · robustness · shelf lives · time-tested · withstanding · survivals · continuities · preservations · maintenance
dynasties
Successive rulers from one family
- lineagesRecorded chains of descent
- continuitiesUninterrupted sequences or states
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
inheritances · successions · perpetuations · institutional memories · heirlooms · bequests · posterity · remembrances · commemorations · timelessness
longevitiesbrevities
Instances of shortness
shortness · briefness · transience · ephemerality · mortality
longevitiesbrevities
Instances of shortness
transience · impermanence · ephemerality · fleetingness · temporariness
longevitiesmortality
State of eventual death
mortalities · fragility · fragilities · perishability · evanescence