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Definition of “Dark Ages”

Dark Ages

Definitions

plural noun

See the Dark Ages

dark age (dɑːk eɪdʒ) 

Definitions

noun

  1. (pejorative) 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 ⇒ The Education Secretary accuses teachers of wanting to return to a dark age.

Example Sentences Including 'Dark Ages'

I am not surprised, for it comes under the category of legend and not fact, if that term is not a misnomer when applied to the Dark Ages.
Harris, Elizabeth Time of the Wolf
Scandinavian tribes are thought to have introduced the metal skate into Britain during the Dark Ages.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)
The new picture may have come from a time after the Dark Ages.
New Zealand Herald (2004)
The record of brotherly love since Furnival cut his first sod reads like the history of Christianity in the Dark Ages.
Hilton, John Buxton Passion in the Peak
The story he tells of France from the Dark Ages to the present day is always told with verve and a sureness of touch.
Country Life (2004)
The way people were acting made me feel as though we were in the Dark Ages.
Edmonton Sun (2003)
They totally lack education, it is still the Dark Ages around here!
Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante
To most Britons, the French are good at cheese and countryside but remain politically in the Dark Ages.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Whatever they had got up to, it was going to be mild compared to the Britons of the Dark Ages.
Harris, Elizabeth Time of the Wolf

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