Fin de siècle

noun

/ˌfæn də ˈsjɛ.klə/

Definitions

1.nounThe end of an era.

2.adjectivePertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.

3.adjective(by extension) Pertaining to the close of the 20th (or any other) century.

Synonyms

twentieth century 1920s art deco interwar art nouveau classique 1890s 1900s victorian age 1930s symbolist finistere

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