tipping point
the point at which an issue, idea, product, etc., crosses a certain threshhold and gains significant momentum, triggered by some minor factor or change.
the point in a situation at which a minor development precipitates a crisis: Every infected person brings us closer to the tipping point, when the outbreak becomes an epidemic.
Physics. the point at which an object is no longer balanced, and adding a small amount of weight can cause it to topple.
Origin of tipping point
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How to use tipping point in a sentence
We have reached a tipping point where mega donors completely dominate the landscape.
Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.”
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have reached a tipping point in the culture where Americans are now trained to look to the rules instead of their own judgment.
I agree with you, but the youthful energy in the libertarian movement foresees a tipping point.
There is a feeling in the air that Pankisi is about to reach its tipping point.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord | Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for tipping point
/ (ˈtɪpɪŋ) /
the crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place
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