English Explanatory Dictionary

Years of Lead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A period during the Cold War, characterized by left-wing and right-wing terrorism and the strategy of tension, beginning in Italy and later spreading to the rest of Europe.

Word forms

Years of Lead

Etymology

Calque of Italian anni di piombo.

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