epochal
adjective
ep·och·al
| \ ˈe-pə-kəl
, ˈe-ˌpä-kəl\
, ˈe-ˌpä-kəl\
Definition of epochal
1
: of or relating to an epoch
2
: uniquely or highly significant : momentous
during his three epochal years in the assembly— C. G. Bowers
also
: unparalleled
epochal stupidity
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to rehabilitate Joseph Stalin, an epochal dictator with the blood of millions on his hands. — Ishaan Tharoor, Twin Cities, "Ishaan Tharoor: The 1619 Project and the fear of history," 22 Aug. 2019 Relatively peaceful Coachellas and Glastonburys, meanwhile, happen at a regular, uncontroversial intervals while ever-so-often producing epochal performances of their own. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Woodstock Can Never Happen Again," 6 Aug. 2019 How to honor what felt like an epochal achievement but seems, at the moment, like a historical cul de sac, an act of heroism in a literal and figurative vacuum? — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, "Goodnight Moon Landing," 18 July 2019 Kim Nalley has turned her formidable attention to the legacy of Aretha Franklin, delving deeply into a catalog that started years before the epochal soul hits for Atlantic. — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, "A wave of great jazz singers is headed for the Bay Area," 17 July 2019 That pattern produced thrills of novelty when Szeemann, like many brilliant artists of his halcyon moment, introduced it to pronounce an epochal abandonment of modernism’s mythology of progress. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating," 15 July 2019 The Manson murders have been hailed as epochal: the needle scratch to the 1960s soundtrack of peace, love and mellow vibes that brought the idealistic era to a screeching halt. — Stephen Phillips, latimes.com, "What really happened in the Manson murders? ‘Chaos’ casts doubt on Helter Skelter theory," 12 July 2019 That sale, 10 years ago this weekend, is an epochal moment in the explosive growth of the Premier League. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "Manchester City and the Decade That Changed the Premier League," 1 Sep. 2018 Raúl Castro, 86, was expected to step aside as Cuba’s president this week, ending the epochal run of two brothers who sent shock waves through 20th-century politics. — Rick Noack, Washington Post, "How France wants to ‘reform’ Islam, and 6 other global stories you might have missed," 19 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'epochal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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