What does "iron age" mean?

(classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world

What is a synonym for "iron age"?

Common synonyms include: age, epoch, era, era of iron, industrial era, iron age era.

Pronounced //ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ//.

/ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/ name

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1
The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
"He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?"
2
Alternative letter-case form of Iron Age. alt-of
3
An age characterized by the use of iron.
4
A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)

"He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?"

From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.