dark age
dark age · dark ages
A time period characterized by ignorance, decline, stagnation, and/or conflict and turmoilA time period characterized by ignorance, decline, stagnation, and/or conflict and turmoil.
» I feel like I've been transported back to the Dark Ages.
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2 sensesA time period characterized by ignorance, decline, stagnation, and/or conflict and turmoil.
A time period about which there is very little information.
Examples
5 sentencesI feel like I've been transported back to the Dark Ages.
Male giraffes become darker as they age.
Bull giraffes become darker as they age.
He creates "Little dark age" memes.
To the refined eyes of Renaissance scholars, the towering Gothic cathedrals seemed barbaric remnants of a darker age.