革命的(かくめいてき)

かくめいてき
na-adjective
revolutionary, groundbreaking
businessdescriptive
1. revolutionary (politically)
Related to or supporting political revolution or radical change in government.
革命的(かくめいてき)な運動(うんどう)が国(くに)を揺(ゆ)るがした。
A revolutionary movement shook the nation.
その指導者(しどうしゃ)は革命的(かくめいてき)な思想(しそう)を広(ひろ)めた。
That leader spread revolutionary ideas.
彼(かれ)の思想(しそう)は革命的(かくめいてき)だった。
His ideas were revolutionary.
2. revolutionary, groundbreaking
Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change; innovative to the point of changing everything.
これは革命的(かくめいてき)な発明(はつめい)だ。
This is a revolutionary invention.
革命的(かくめいてき)な技術(ぎじゅつ)が産業(さんぎょう)を変(か)えた。
Revolutionary technology changed the industry.
彼(かれ)の思想(しそう)は革命的(かくめいてき)だった。
His ideas were revolutionary.

Formation: 革命(かくめい) (revolution) + 的(てき) (adjectival suffix)

Forms

  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な＋noun (attributive)
  • 革命的(かくめいてき)に＋verb (adverbial)

Common collocations

Usage: In modern Japanese, 革命的(かくめいてき) is often used in sense 2 (groundbreaking, game-changing) in business and technology contexts, similar to English "revolutionary" in marketing language.

Related words

Related Words

Related: 画期的(かっきてき) (epoch-making, groundbreaking)
Related: 先進的(せんしんてき) (advanced, progressive)
Related: 革新的(かくしんてき) (innovative)
Compare: 反逆的(はんぎゃくてき)な (rebellious)
Compare: 反逆的(はんぎゃくてき) (rebellious)
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Added 2026.1.17 20:35 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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