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Epoch-making

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. not-comparable

    "Equally to be expected, in view of the trend of Government legislation and pronouncements over the past few years—but no less epoch-making for that—is the proposal that the railways and canals shall cease to be common carriers and be entirely free to fix their own passenger and freight charges, [...]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era wordnet

Etymology

Calque of German epochemachend.

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