| has gloss | (noun) an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
age, historic period |
| lexicalization | eng: age |
| lexicalization | eng: historic period |
| subclass of | (noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
era, epoch |
| has subclass | (noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
antiquity |
| has subclass | (noun) any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
golden age |
| has subclass | (noun) the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism
Jazz Age |
| has subclass | (noun) the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
reign |
| has subclass | (noun) the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
turn of the century |
| has subclass | c/Golden ages |
| has instance | (noun) a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
Elizabethan age |
| has instance | (noun) a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation
Victorian age |
| has instance | (noun) the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
Baroque period, Baroque era, Baroque |
| has instance | (noun) the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
Dark Ages, Middle Ages |
| has instance | (noun) the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renaissance, Renascence |
| has instance | (noun) the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance
Italian Renaissance |
| has instance | (noun) the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
technological revolution, Industrial Revolution |
| has instance | (noun) the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"
Reign of Terror |
| has instance | (noun) a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
Harlem Renaissance |
| has instance | (noun) the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
New Deal |
| has instance | (noun) the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
Reconstruction Period, Reconstruction |
| has instance | (noun) the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
Restoration |
| has instance | (noun) a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Great Depression, Depression |
| has instance | (noun) a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
Age of Reason, Enlightenment |