from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. So significant and momentous as to characterize the beginning of a period: the President's epoch-making trip to China; epoch-making new technologies.
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- adj. Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject.
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- adj. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era
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In Athens, the epoch-making "People's Revolution" in 508 B.C. resulted in democracy—the strongest form of republicanism the world had ever known—which meant universal native adult male franchise and a commitment to the principles of equal votes and freedom of speech and association.
In the early hours I read in the paper of epoch-making projects
But the best comes last: "For the Love of You Pts. 1 & 2" was one of the two biggest hit singles from 1975's epoch-making The Heat Is On, the other being "Fight the Power". posted by Matthew @ 9: 00 AM
Saussure displayed unusual qualities for an epoch-making thinker: he was always in touch with humility and self-doubt and he had no interest whatsoever in publicity.
For the past eighteen years or more Dr. Robinson has devoted his studies to the nature of the cell, and from these researches he wrote the epoch-making hypothesis on the cause of cancer and his reasons for the use of potassium nitrate in its treatment.
The great Adam Smith, founder of modern economics, published his epoch-making free-trade tract The Wealth of Nations, the origin of endless subsequent delusions, in 1776.
He became the confessor to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby and mother of Henry VII, and clearly he put the idea of a little epoch-making patronage in her mind.
Job: executive chairman, TwitterAge: 34Industry: digital mediaStaff: 450New entryLife is tweet for Jack Dorsey, this year's highest new entry after another epoch-making year for Twitter, the social network he co-founded with Ev Williams and Biz Stone five years ago.
Dennis agreed, saying that meant 2010 could end up being an epoch-making election for Republican gains.
Arthur Penn 1922 - 2010 Arthur Penn, who died Tuesday at age 88, was a directorial all-rounder who made live dramas in the early years of TV and won a Tony award on Broadway, but was most celebrated for "Bonnie and Clyde," an epoch-making movie of the 1960s.