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pathbreaking en · ADJ

Etymology

From path + breaking.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Opening a new path or approach
    • To be a pathbreaking leader takes a certain type of personality. 1986, Clark Kerr, Marian L. Gade, The Many Lives of Academic Presidents, page 69:
    • a pathbreaking article

Forms

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path-breaking alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

pathbreakingly

Synonyms

revolutionary · groundbreaking