革命的(かくめいてき)

かくめいてき
na-adjective
revolutionary, groundbreaking
1. revolutionary (politically)
Related to or supporting political revolution or radical change in government.
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:

  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な変化(へんか) (revolutionary change)
  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な発明(はつめい) (revolutionary invention)
  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な技術(ぎじゅつ) (revolutionary technology)
  • 革命的(かくめいてき)な思想(しそう) (revolutionary thought)

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 TERMS:

  • 革命(かくめい) - revolution
  • 画期的(かっきてき) - epoch-making, groundbreaking
  • 先進的(せんしんてき) - advanced, progressive
general
Added 2026.1.17 20:35 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
06000/06374_kakumeiteki