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View synonyms for defining moment
defining moment
noun
- a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defining moment1
First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences
No, childbirth is not a contest, but it is “a defining moment” in the lives of many women.
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I knew there were powerful things happening…it was definitely a defining moment.
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He told me that the watching the Snake-Eyes story was a defining moment in his childhood.
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A defining moment for the country was also a defining one for Tina Brown.
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We have to respond, this is a defining moment in the relationship.
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