"silver age" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silver ages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver age (plural silver ages)
  1. (historical) A historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society, usually following, and not quite as favorable as, a golden age, and not unfavorable as an iron age. Wikipedia link: silver age Tags: historical Translations (historical period): عَصْر فِضِّيّ (ʕaṣr fiḍḍiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), arĝentepoko (Esperanto), âge d’argent [masculine] (French), etá d'argento (Italian), srebrny wiek (Polish), серебряный век (serebrjanyj vek) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-silver_age-en-noun-qSV7yO4S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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