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Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of silver age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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silver age
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noun
Meaning 2
A historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society; in storytelling archetypes, usually following, and not quite as favorable as, a golden age, and not unfavorable as an iron age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
(classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَصْر فِضِّيّ (ʕaṣr fiḍḍiyy) — historical period
- Esperanto: arĝentepoko — historical period
- French: âge d'argent — historical period
- Hungarian: ezüstkor — historical period
- Italian: etá d'argento — historical period
- Polish: srebrny wiek — historical period
- Russian: серебряный век (serebrjanyj vek) — historical period