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🦋 Emerging from egg 💡 Sudden appearance
eclosion

eclosion

9.9
A sudden appearance of something new like an idea or movement
  • noun
  • /ɪˈkloʊʒən/
translation icon : emergencia
  • The artist's eclosion onto the international stage surprised everyone in the gallery.

Examples

  • The recent documentary has led to the eclosion of new discussions about climate change.

  • The worldwide liberal clime of the mid-1970s saw the eclosion in Bahia of an infinitely more ethnically sophisticated and articulated Afro-centric carnaval movement.

    Academic text (1999)

  • After months of hard work, her talent finally experienced an eclosion during the exhibition.

Synonyms

emergence
vseclosion
56 4.9

A process where something appears and becomes known or important

is sudden rather than a gradual process of becoming known
inbreaking
vseclosion
9.3

A sudden arrival that changes a place or mood, for example spring

focuses on a sudden rise to prominence of ideas, movements, or talents

How Prominent

breakthrough
242 3.9
revelation
175 5.0
eclosion
9.9
emergence
56 4.9
appearance
408 2.6

Surface Forms

eclosion singular
eclosions plural

Morphology

eclosion = eclose (semi-transparent) = eclose + ion

Morphologically derived from 'eclose' + '-ion', but the sense is a metaphorical extension (sudden emergence or coming-into-prominence) rather than the literal biological event.

Etymology

Eclosion comes from the parts e- 'out' and the same root as close 'shut', so it gives the image of something suddenly opening out. That's why we use eclosion for the sudden appearance of an idea, movement, or talent.