DARK AGE


Meaning of DARK AGE in English

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.

N-PROPER : the N

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