Sea Change
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noun


(1)   A profound transformation
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Etymology


Coined in Shakespeare's The Tempest: "Full fathom five thy father lies: / Of his bones are coral made: / Those are pearls that were his eyes: / Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange."

Noun



  1. A profound transformation.
    Public opinion has undergone a sea change since the 2002 elections.
 
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