golden age

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

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golden age (plural golden ages)

  1. (idiomatic) A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.
    Synonym: golden era
    Coordinate term: silver age
    • 1951 March, John W. Cline, “The Future of Medicine”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 165:
      The first half of this century has been referred to as the golden age of medicine. To me it seems more probable that we are on the threshold of a much greater age.
    • 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
      When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog . . . Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself.
  2. (mythology) The Golden Age.
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