epochal
- of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.
- extremely important, significant, or influential.
Origin of epochal
Related Words for epochal
fitful, infrequent, recurrent, occasional, periodic, seasonal, recurring, notable, crucial, far-reaching, historic, fateful, significant, memorable, consequential, pivotal, eventful, meaningful, decisive, weightyExamples from the Web for epochal
Contemporary Examples of epochal
His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.
Physics—and, indeed, the rest of the world—stands at the cusp of an epochal change.
But even his dying was epochal—everything about this amazing writer resonates.
In the grand scheme, this bill is not as significant as the epochal legislation of the 1930s and 1960s.
Historical Examples of epochal
The silence lengthened until it became acute, epochal, climactic.
The ShadowArthur Stringer
The 1914 catalogue was epochal in the life of this big farmer.
Plowing On SundaySterling North
In 1868, Westinghouse made his epochal invention, the railway air-brake.
InventionBradley A. Fiske
Historians recognize two epochal events in the life of the nation.
But in the future they will be regarded as epochal in the science of mind.
The Religious SentimentDaniel G. Brinton