Dark Ages

Definitions

1. The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Dark Ages.
   alt-of, plural, plural-only
3. The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100–750 BCE).
4. The dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863).
5. The dark ages of Laos (c. 1707–1893).
6. The Dark Ages, 380 thousand to about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
7. Any relatively primitive period of time.
   figuratively

Equivalents

6 more languages

العربيةاَلْعُصُورُ الْمُظْلِمَةُ

Magyarsötét középkor

Bahasa IndonesiaZaman Kegelapan

日本語暗黒時代

한국어암흑기암흑시대

PortuguêsIdade das Trevas

Examples

“There is one very real sense⟳ in which the Dark Ages were the brightest of times, and it is this: that they were times of defined and definite duties and freedoms.”

“It is clear that many linguists view⟳ connectionism as a revival of the radical empiricist approach⟳ that dominated the dark ages in psychology—the behaviourist era.”

“Yes, DSL is a better, faster and less expensive way to access the Internet. Unfortunately, it's saddled with back-office systems that belong⟳ in the Dark Ages and politics that may require⟳ regulatory oversight.”

“Put⟳ yourself back in the dark ages, the time before the Internet took off–say⟳, the 1970s–and ask⟳: What was the environment for creativity then?”

“The Scourge disaster sent angaran civilization into a dark age. Records of their golden era of technological advancement and proliferation through space only survived as oral history, making it difficult to separate⟳ truth from legend. Nevertheless, angara believe⟳ they had colonized numerous planets across the cluster before the Scourge's devastation left them cut⟳ off from each other for centuries.”

“Sunshine on the street at the parade / But you would rather be in the dark ages / Making that sign⟳ / Must've taken all night”

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