1930s

Noun

Meaning

the decade from 1930 to 1939

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

thirties Roaring Twenties 30s 1930's '30s great depression years the age of cinema the age of radio the age of swing the stock market crash era the depression era pre-world war ii era the dirty thirties the fdr years the hoover years
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Hypernyms

decade decennary decennium

Anagrams

1390s

Examples

When I started worrying about stocks, it was the late 1930s and early 1940s and it didn't seem like a good way to make money then, either. Merton Miller

In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war. James Meade

The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. Michael Parenti

I am sometimes accused of being oversensitive about unemployment. I do not believe that that is possible, certainly not for anyone who lived through the 1930s and saw the political consequences of high unemployment throughout Western Europe and what happened in 1939. Edward Heath

Most economists, to the extent that they think about the subject at all, regard the Great Depression of the 1930s as a gratuitous, unnecessary tragedy. Paul Krugman

Some economists believe that the Great Depression of the 1930s was aggravated by bad monetary policy and lack of American leadership. Britain was too weak to maintain an open international economy, and the United States was not living up to its new responsibilities. Joseph Nye