Holocene

From French Holocène, based on holo- (“whole”) + Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “fresh, new”). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label Recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969.^[1] The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

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Holocene (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.

   Meronym: Anthropocene

the Holocene

1. (geology) The Holocene epoch.

• assholocene (vulgar)

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

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