noun
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The 200th anniversary of an event or happening.
example
The US bicentennial in 1976 was celebrated greatly because the economy happened to be good.
adjective
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Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening.
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Occurring every two hundred (200) years
Examples of bicentennial in a Sentence
Batman must race against time to thwart the Joker's efforts to maim and murder the citizens of Gotham City and ensure that the city's bicentennial celebration will be successful.
Trafalgar 200 commemorates the bicentennial of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Many commemorative ceremonies are planned to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989.
Not only was the name changed Americana Amusement Park (to reflect the Bicentennial spirit of the United States), but for the first time, it had some real competition.
There have been several recent attempts to bring Asimov's robots to the big screen, notably in Robin Williams' Bicentennial Man, and Will Smith's I, Robot, but thus far, the definitive Asimovian robot movie remains elusive.
Robots in sci-fi are often used as symbols of other things; most typically as a minority ethnic group, as in Isaac Asimov's famous short story, the Bicentennial Man.