golden age Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
   
   • it was the golden age of cinema
2. noun any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
   
3. noun (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period
   

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