Ancient
Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Disapproved and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disapproved" instead an adjective "Ancient".
Nearby Word: anciently
Disapproved
Ancient and disapproved are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Disapproved".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dead and ancient
- dead and disapproved
- primitive and ancient
- primitive and disapproved
- vintage and ancient
- vintage and disapproved
- old-fashioned and ancient
- old-fashioned and disapproved
- antiquated and ancient
- antiquated and disapproved
- extinct and ancient
- extinct and disapproved
- bygone and ancient
- bygone and disapproved
Both words in one sentence
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Ancient China actually had a name for this trope: the "Dynastic Cycle." Essentially, it was the idea that an empire would rule until it became disapproved of by the gods, who would show their disapproval by some cosmic event (say, a lunar eclipse or a nasty series of natural disasters and famines).
Source: Full-Circle Revolution
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