Edwardian

English

Etymology

Edward + -ian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən

Adjective

Edwardian (comparative more Edwardian, superlative most Edwardian)

  1. Of the period in British history from circa 1901 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire.
    • 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
      In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. []  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultrawealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

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