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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

획기적인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hoek-gi-jeok-in

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Epoch-making/ˈɛp.əkˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그것은 세계 역사상 획기적인 사건이었다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Marking the beginning of a new and important period in history or in the development of something.

    "The invention of the internet was an epoch-making event that transformed global communication."
  2. 2

    Extremely significant and innovative on a historic scale.

    "She made an epoch-making discovery in quantum physics that changed our understanding of the universe."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'epoch' (from Greek 'epokhē' meaning 'fixed point, pause') combined with the participle of 'make'. First appearing in the mid-19th century, the term was coined to describe events, discoveries, or inventions so significant that they mark the beginning of a new historical era or developmental period.

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