longue durée

Meaning

Noun

  • A long period of time during which social processes develop or social structures evolve.
  • An approach to the study of history over such long periods.
  • The long term; a relatively long period of time.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French long durée. Attested since the 1960s.

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