noun
Etymology
Origin of giantism
Example Sentences
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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
An epidemic of giantism is currently sweeping the movie world.
From Time Magazine Archive
"NASA is obsessed with giantism," contends Robert Park, director of the Washington office of the American Physical Society.
From Time Magazine Archive
No giantism of limb and feature was beyond the ability of his brush; no astounding foreshortening was too much for his unerring point; no vast perspective was too deep for his knowledge and strength.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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