seminal
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- adjective
- /ˈsɛmɪnəl/
- Formal
:
pionero
- Einstein's theories are considered seminal works that have shaped modern physics.
- seminal work
- seminal contribution
- seminal article
Examples
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lt's a seminal work, a historical watershed.
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Rosengart notes the seminal contributions of pioneers in the field, such as Tom Maciag and Ron Crystal.
Academic text (2017) -
Yes, it's a seminal piece of civil rights history.
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Each summer we take this occasion to celebrate a seminal event in American history.
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Changing the Conversation, a report issued through the National Research Council, was seminal for engineering societies.
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It's one of the seminal books on child-rearing.
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More than 40 years were to pass before Karl Jansky made the seminal discovery of cosmic radio waves.
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In 1974, Noll's seminal work examined factors that affect professional sport attendance.
Academic text (2017) -
Ward, Hansborough & Walker (2005) conducted one of the seminal studies on music videos' influence on teen behavior.
Academic text (2012) -
Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859, but the seminal ideas therein had been germinating since Rousseau's 1754.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.9
Important in history and often remembered for a long time
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5.1
New ideas or methods that change how something is done
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9.3
Very important and marking the start of a new era
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8.1
An idea or event that leads to later growth
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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One of two glands near the bladder in men that make most of the fluid in semen
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Etymology
The word seminal comes from the Latin semen, which means 'seed', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a seminal idea as a 'seed' that grows into many later things, so a seminal work is original and strongly influences what comes next.