Epoch-making (Adjective)
Meaning
Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The invention of the printing press was an epoch-making innovation that revolutionized the dissemination of knowledge.
- Her groundbreaking research on the human genome was an epoch-making discovery that paved the way for major advances in medicine.
- The election of the first African American president was an epoch-making moment in American history, marking a significant shift in the country's social and cultural landscape.
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an epoch-making legislation that outlawed racial segregation in public facilities and employment.
- Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection was an epoch-making idea that fundamentally changed our understanding of the natural world and our place within it.