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In many political structures, power within the ruling class accumulates with age, making the oldest individuals the holders of the most power. Those holding the most power may not be in formal leadership positions, but often dominate those who are. In a simplified definition, a gerontocracy is a society where leadership is reserved for elders. [1]
septuagenarian, octogenarian (a person 70–79 years old, 80–89 years old) centipede, millipede (subgroups of arthropods with around 100 feet, or around 1 000 feet) In many European languages there are two principal systems, taken from Latin and Greek, each with several subsystems; in addition, Sanskrit occupies a marginal position.
This user is an octogenarian. See also. This template invokes Template:Userbox. This template is compatible with the following templates: Template:User vicenarian;
My siblings and I went from being successful professionals to becoming round-the-clock caregivers in our late 50s. There aren't enough home health aides nor can most families afford to pay them a ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Frailty is a common condition in later old age but different definitions of frailty produce diverse assessments of prevalence. One study placed the incidence of frailty for ages 65+ at 10.7%. [127] Another study placed the incidence of frailty in age 65+ population at 22% for women and 15% for men.
Octogenarian widower Vadim, a former government official, makes his continued tenancy in the apartment a condition of its sale, and who treats his new, young roommate with brusque contempt — a ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.