longevity
living for a long time
The state or fact of living for a long time, especially compared with what is typical.
the ability of something to last for a long time
The quality of lasting, remaining useful, or continuing successfully for a long time.
- Base: longevity
- Plural: longevities, longevity
healthy longevity
1long life in good health
living a long life while staying healthy
- The program focuses on healthy longevity through exercise, nutrition, and preventive care.
- Public health experts want to extend healthy longevity, not just overall lifespan.
- Sleep, social connection, and regular movement are often linked to healthy longevity.
- Walking every day can support healthy longevity.
- The goal is healthy longevity, not just a longer life.
longevity annuity
1late-life income insurance
an insurance-like retirement product that pays money later in life if you live a long time
- Some retirees buy a longevity annuity to protect against outliving their savings.
- A longevity annuity can provide income starting at age 80 or 85.
- Financial advisers may recommend a longevity annuity as part of a retirement plan.
- A longevity annuity can help a retiree later in life.
- He bought a longevity annuity for future income.
longevity economy
1market shaped by older adults
business and economic activity connected with people living longer and older adults buying goods and services
- Companies are creating new products for the growing longevity economy.
- Travel, housing, finance, and technology are all part of the longevity economy.
- Policymakers see the longevity economy as both a challenge and an opportunity.
- The longevity economy is growing as people live longer.
- Many companies sell products for the longevity economy.
longevity escape velocity
1lifespan extension outpacing aging
the idea that future medicine might extend life faster than people age
- Some futurists argue that advances in biotechnology could eventually lead to longevity escape velocity.
- Most scientists treat claims about longevity escape velocity with caution.
- The conference included a debate on whether longevity escape velocity is realistic.
- Longevity escape velocity is still only an idea.
- Scientists disagree about longevity escape velocity.
longevity gene
1gene linked to longer life
a gene that may help a person or animal live longer
- Scientists have identified several possible longevity genes in families with many centenarians.
- A so-called longevity gene may affect how the body responds to cellular stress.
- Lifestyle still matters, even if someone carries genetic variants linked to longevity.
- Researchers are studying a possible longevity gene.
- A longevity gene does not guarantee a long life.
longevity risk
1risk of outliving assumptions
the risk that retirement money or pension funds must last longer because people live longer than expected
- Pension funds use complex models to estimate longevity risk.
- Annuities can help individuals manage longevity risk in retirement.
- As life expectancy rises, governments face greater longevity risk in public pension systems.
- A pension plan must think about longevity risk.
- If people live longer, longevity risk increases.