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 [ disapproval ]
2.
The Dark Ages are the period of European history between about 500 A.D. and about 1000 A.D.
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