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inbreaking

inbreaking

9.3
A sudden arrival that changes a place or mood, for example spring
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌbreɪkɪŋ/
translation icon : eclosión
  • Her speech marked an inbreaking of new ideas that challenged the status quo.

Examples

  • With the inbreaking of God's reign, the pristine state of creation was to be restored; it would once more be as the Creator intended.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The artist's new exhibit represents the inbreaking of contemporary styles into traditional art forms.

  • The sudden inbreaking of warm weather after a long winter lifted everyone's spirits.

Synonyms

eclosion
vsinbreaking
9.9

A sudden appearance of something new like an idea or movement

focuses on influence or presence rather than becoming publicly prominent
irruption
vsinbreaking
9.9

A sudden forceful entry of people or things into a place

describes a nonviolent sudden arrival not a violent forced entry

Antonyms

departure
  • Formal
26 8.8

A polite way to say that someone has died

How Sudden

eruption
4 4.3
outbreak
188 3.5
inbreaking
9.3
onset
62 4.4
beginning
∞ 1.0
emergence
56 4.9

Surface Forms

inbreaking singular
inbreakings plural

Morphology

inbreaking = breaking (semi-transparent) = in + break + ing

The form is visibly built from in + breaking, but the meaning of a sudden onset or arrival is a metaphorical extension rather than a fully literal combination.

Etymology

The word inbreaking mixes in- 'into' and break 'to begin suddenly', like the familiar phrase 'break of day' when morning starts. So it describes the sudden arrival or beginning of something, such as the inbreaking of spring or light.