Titanism

American  

[tahyt-n-iz-uhm] / ˈtaɪt nˌɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.

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Titanism British  

/ ˈtaɪtəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a spirit of defiance of and rebellion against authority, social convention, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Titanism

First recorded in 1865–70; Titan + -ism

Example Sentences

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Titanism

Study of Celtic Literature": "The Celts are the prime authors of this vein of piercing regret and passion, of this Titanism in poetry.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

Both are Titanic figures exactly in the pagan sense, but the form of Faustus' Titanism is the revolt against theology.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman

Here also there has been an apparently reasonable Titanism.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman

These three were all upon congenial lines, expressing that Titanism in revolt against the universe which was the inspiring spirit of Marlowe.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman

The protest of Prometheus, echoed by Browning's protest of Ixion, appeals to the conscience of the world as right; and, kindling a noble Titanism, puts the divine oppressor in the wrong.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman