breaking point

1. 1.

   (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

   Broadertension

   psychology

2. 2.

   the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

   Broaderstress

Questions about breaking point

What does breaking point mean?

breaking point means "(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is breaking point a common word?

breaking point is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.