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- Dictionarysea change/ˈsē ˌCHānj/
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- 1. a profound or notable transformation: "recent years have witnessed a sea change in the fortunes of car safety as a marketable quantity"
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Sea change or sea-change is an English idiomatic expression that denotes a substantial change in perspective, especially one that affects a group or society at large, on a particular issue. It is similar in usage and meaning to a paradigm shift, and may be viewed as a change to a society or community's zeitgeist, with regard to a specific issue. The phrase evolved from an older and more literal us... Wikipedia