The term frequently implies an out-of-control force or object. This English usage originates in the mid-nineteenth century. Juggernaut is the early rendering in English of Jagannath, an important deity in the Hindu traditions of eastern and north-eastern India.
While the word is still used sometimes in British English to refer to a very large, heavy truck (also called a "juggernaut lorry"), juggernaut is more commonly used figuratively for a relentless force, entity, campaign, or movement, as in "a political/economic/cultural juggernaut."
JUGGERNAUT definition: any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team. See examples of juggernaut used in a sentence.
If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly.
Definition of juggernaut noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. An overwhelming or unstoppable force: "With the newly empowered juggernaut of the Pentagon bureaucracy gaining momentum, the president was no longer in control" (James Carroll).
Factsheet What does the noun Juggernaut mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun Juggernaut. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Juggernaut has developed meanings and uses in subjects including Hinduism (mid 1600s) motoring (1840s)
n. An overwhelming or unstoppable force: "With the newly empowered juggernaut of the Pentagon bureaucracy gaining momentum, the president was no longer in control" (James Carroll).