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Dark Ages

 noun
     
Dark Ages
1

the Dark Ages

SH the period in European history from 476 AD to about 1000 AD
2 a time when attitudes, knowledge, technology etc were not as modern or developed as they are now:
Ed is stuck in the Dark Ages when it comes to his attitudes towards women.
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