Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As a seed, germ, or reproductive element; as regards germs or germination.
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- adverb In a
seminal way.
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Examples
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It was only many years later that I realized how seminally important Anthony's rash decision to get rid of hishair-halo was in the annalsof Rock Fashion.
Binky Philips: Bay City Rollers, Richard Hell, Aretha Franklin, Tom Verlaine, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Humble Pie, and My Friend, Anthony Jones Binky Philips 2011
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To go on, your "go live in insert predominately Muslim country here" is seminally un-American, and typical of the fearful hate mongering of the American Neo-Fascists.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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Ever the good cop, Gordon took care of the second hour of the meeting, leading the more than 20-strong group of reporters through a round of Beth Kanter's seminally informative Social Media Game.
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To go on, your "go live in insert predominately Muslim country here" is seminally un-American, and typical of the fearful hate mongering of the American Neo-Fascists.
Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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MOHSEN KADIVAR, DUKE UNIVERSITY: He should repair the trust of the people, in one hand; and, also, he needs the support of grand ayatollahs of Qom seminally (ph), in the other hand.
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At that time, Judge Edward Kaufman seminally declared that Steel's efforts had "already caused [the child] anxiety, nightmares and psychological harm" and that, for the girl, "a declaration of paternity would be a statement that her family is other than what she knows it to be and needs it to be."
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The image of the boyish Al Pacino vanquishing his enemies (every young boy's fantasy) seminally registered with a fantasist like Christopher.
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Community of Practice (CoP) was coined and seminally described by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (see Wikipedia article; see historical description).
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There are probably three seminally relevant shapers of geek culture: Star Wars creator George Lucas, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and Gary Gygax.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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The work of economists Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Herman Daly was also seminally important in the development of ecological economics.
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