Glorious Thirty

proper noun

A thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.

OriginFrench Trente Glorieuses →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Glorious Thirty
  1. historicalA thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.

Origin

  1. FrenchTrente Glorieuses
  2. EnglishGlorious Thirty

Calque of French Trente Glorieuses, first used in the title of a 1979 book on the topic by the French demographer Jean Fourastié.

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Glorious Thirty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glorious%20Thirty

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Chicago

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