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
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In Denver the Independence Institute is circulating petitions for an amendment to the Colorado constitution aimed at shrinking "giantism" in the public school system.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The phenomenon of giantism of this nature occurs in alternate generations and then only in rare instances.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
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