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giantism

American  
[jahy-uhn-tiz-uhm] / ˈdʒaɪ ənˌtɪz əm /

noun

  1. gigantism.

  2. the state or quality of being a giant.


giantism British  
/ ˈdʒaɪənˌtɪzəm /

noun

  1. another term for gigantism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of giantism

First recorded in 1630–40; giant + -ism

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Altogether it provides an indelible view of the relentless giantism of 21st-century industry and its tendencies to ruin, overbuild, waste and pollute.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2021

Furthermore, the Komodo dragon almost certainly isn’t an example of island giantism.

From Scientific American Mar. 5, 2014

Composer Darius Milhaud's urge to giantism began 40 years ago, at a time when he was intriguing the world's musical taste buds with a potage of polytonality sweetened by a dash of essence-of-jazz.

From Time Magazine Archive

For more than half a century he has railed against the gracelessness and alienating giantism of housing developments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Infantilism is peculiarly apt to occur with giantism, and while less frequent in dwarfism it also occurs, but is then especially apt to be associated with rickets.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

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