English Explanatory Dictionary

epoch-making

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential.

Word forms

epoch-making epochmaking

Etymology

Calque of German epochemachend.

Synonyms

earthshaking earthshattering
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