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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gicho munheon
"그 논문은 해당 학문의 기초 문헌으로 평가받는다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A work of art, literature, or scholarship that is highly original and strongly influences later developments in a field.
"Darwin's On the Origin of Species is widely considered a seminal text in modern biology." - 2
A foundational document or publication that establishes the core principles of a movement or discipline.
"Marx and Engels published a seminal text that shaped socialist political theory for generations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The adjective 'seminal' derives from the Latin 'seminalis', from 'semen' meaning 'seed', entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century to denote something pertaining to seed or original generation. Over centuries, the metaphorical sense evolved from 'pertaining to a seed' to mean 'highly original and influential, providing the groundwork for future development'. Combined with 'text' (from Latin 'textus', a weaving or written work), 'seminal text' emerged in modern academic and literary criticism to describe foundational written works that seed entire intellectual movements.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Seminal text" is said worldwide
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texte fondamental
Transliteration: /tɛkst fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.tal/
"Ce livre est considéré comme un texte fondamental de la philosophie moderne."
Grundlagentext
Transliteration: /ˈɡʁʊntˌlaːɡn̩tɛkst/
"Das Werk gilt als ein wichtiger Grundlagentext der Soziologie."
testo fondamentale
Transliteration: /ˈtɛs.to fon.da.menˈta.le/
"Il saggio rappresenta un testo fondamentale per la critica letteraria."
texto fundamental
Transliteration: /ˈteksto fundamenˈtal/
"El ensayo es un texto fundamental para entender el movimiento."
texto seminal
Transliteration: /ˈtɛks.tu se.miˈnaw/
"A obra continua a ser um texto seminal na área da psicologia."
मौलिक ग्रंथ
Transliteration: maulik granth
"यह पुस्तक भारतीय दर्शन का एक मौलिक ग्रंथ है।"
开创性著作
Transliteration: kāichuàngxìng zhùzuò
"这部著作是该领域的开创性著作。"
기초 문헌
Transliteration: gicho munheon
"그 논문은 해당 학문의 기초 문헌으로 평가받는다."
seminal text
Transliteration: sēminaru tekusuto
"その論文はその分野における重要なセミナルテキストである。"
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