siècle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The catalog begins with fin de siècle Europe, when the emergence of mass publishing began to lead to a firmer distinction between subordinate illustrators and visionary fine artists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Based on Larson’s research, he writes his nonfiction like a novel, chockablock full of weird and wondrous details of Chicago at the fin de siècle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
If peaches were touted as a cure for Georgia’s “sorry, washed-out anemic gullied hillsides” at the fin de siècle, than kudzu was seen as the panacea after the Great Depression.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021
Wanting to learn more about fin de siècle London and its literature, I began to buy books.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021
All the unlovely fin de siècle phenomena, such as the decay of ideals, rampant materialism, political disruption, social unrest, and the “decadence” of art and literature, were merely manifestations of the same basic ills.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop
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