GOLDEN AGE Definition & Meaning

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golden age

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noun

the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
Classical Mythology. the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age.
(usually initial capital letters) a period in Latin literature, 70 b.c. to a.d. 14, in which Cicero, Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Ovid, and others wrote; the first phase of Classical Latin. Compare silver age ( def 2 ).
the period in life after middle age, traditionally characterized by wisdom, contentment, and useful leisure.
the age at which a person normally retires.

golden age

noun

classical myth the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent
the most flourishing and outstanding period, esp in the history of an art or nation
the golden age of poetry
the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century bc and represented by such writers as Cicero and Virgil

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of golden age¹

First recorded in 1545–55

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Idioms and Phrases

A period of prosperity or excellent achievement, as in Some consider the baroque period the golden age of choral music . The expression dates from the mid-1500s, when it was first applied to a period of classical Latin poetry.

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Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter’s memoir, ‘When the Going Was Good,’ chronicles the glamour, the power and the boldface names from the golden age of magazine publishing.

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They think they’re fighting for freedom, for some mythical golden age, but in reality they’re just digging trenches for their own destruction.

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Yes, we are living in the golden age of mayonnaise and those of us with discerning taste are lucky to bear witness to it.

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In the golden age of mobility, the winners were the dispossessed.

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“You never know when you’re in a golden age,” Carter writes.

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