antiquity

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I think that SF's proud antiquity is coming back to bite it.

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Quick take

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

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noun

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

noun

extreme oldness

noun

an artifact surviving from the past

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for antiquity.

noun

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

noun

extreme oldness

noun

an artifact surviving from the past

Example sentences

I think that SF's proud antiquity is coming back to bite it.

A statue depicting the event is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity.

Probably something like "Based on the antiquity models of Physics, the ancients thought the following" and then the school children will all have a good laugh.

Pretty much every writer in antiquity was either a slaver or pederasts by modern standards.

People know what "pointing your browser" means in this context as it is still a commonly used turn of phrase, even though it may date back into the long forgotten antiquity of almost 20 years ago.

If the proverbial twitter DSL programmer wouldn't proverbially create a DSL, would he use that time to meaningfully solve the systems' antiquity problem in the X sector?

"The naturalistic fallacy", sometimes with a dash of "argument from antiquity".I think Yoga is more subject to this than some other forms of exercise, except maybe running.

Koreans are similarly taught that their civilization has a 5000-year history based on nothing other than latter-day textual sources to support the deeper part of its antiquity.

The philosophical dimension of a weighted democracy doing better what kings and emperors through antiquity failed to do is a powerfully individualist statement.