pathbreaking

English

Alternative forms

• path-breaking

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

• groundbreaking
• revolutionary

Derived terms

• pathbreakingly