Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - dark age
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Dark age
dark age
noun Date: 1640 1. a time during which a civilization undergoes a decline: as a. plural, capitalized D&A the European historical period from about A.D. 476 to about 1000; broadly Middle Ages b. often plural, often capitalized D&A the Greek historical period of three to four centuries from about 1100 B.C. 2. a. often plural, often capitalized D&A the primitive period in the development of something in the 1890s, way back in baseball's Dark Ages — R. W. Creamer b. often plural, often capitalized D&A a state of stagnation or decline
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see dark age DARK AGE also Dark Age (dark ages) 1. If you refer to a period in the history of a society as a dark age, you think that it is characterized by a lack of knowledge and progress. (WRITTEN) The Education Secretary accuses teachers of wanting to return to a dark age. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. The Dark Ages are the period of European history between about 500 A.D. and about 1000 A.D. N-PROPER: the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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