pathbreaking

English

Alternative forms

  • path-breaking

Etymology

From path +‎ breaking.

Adjective

pathbreaking (not comparable)

  1. Opening a new path or approach
    a pathbreaking article
    • 1986, Clark Kerr, Marian L. Gade, The Many Lives of Academic Presidents[1], page 69:
      To be a pathbreaking leader takes a certain type of personality.

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