golden age
/ˈɡoʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.58 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The oldest and best of the Classical Ages of Man, when people lived innocent lives of happiness and prosperity.
Example Sentences
- "The first half of this century has been referred to as the golden age of medicine. To me it seems more probable that we are on the threshold of a much greater age."
- "When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog . . . Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself."
- "That unprecedented act of petulance risks undermining Wall Street’s confidence in the economy and undercutting Trump’s campaign pledge to give the United States another economic “golden age.”"
- "But in a study of Sumerian and Akkadian sources, Chen has shown that, although the motif of a lost golden age is very old in Mesopotamian literature, its termination in a flood is securely attested only from the second millennium B.C.E."
- "The tradition of a "Golden Age" is widespread over the world, and it is not necessary to go at any length into the story of the Garden of Eden and the other legends which in almost every country illustrate this tradition."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡoʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪd͡ʒ/