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1. | [ noun ] (history) a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time | |
Synonyms: | period historical_period | |
Examples: | "a novel from the Victorian period" |
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Related terms: | time_period | |
2. | [ noun ] (history) an era of history having some distinctive feature | |
Synonyms: | age | |
Examples: | "we live in a litigious age" |
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Related terms: | era Renaissance middle_ages industrial_revolution turn_of_the_century Reconstruction antiquity New_Deal Restoration harlem_renaissance Reign_of_Terror reign Elizabethan_age golden_age Victorian_age history | |
3. | [ noun ] (history) an era of history having some distinctive feature | |
Related terms: | era Renaissance middle_ages turn_of_the_century Reconstruction industrial_revolution New_Deal Restoration antiquity reign Reign_of_Terror history | |
Similar spelling: |
historical_period historical_paper historiographer historical_present historically historical_record |