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

There is the Titanism of the Celt, his passionate, turbulent, indomitable reaction against the despotism of fact; and of whom does it remind us so much as of Byron?

From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage

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 Kelman, John

The idea of Titanism has become the commonplace of poets.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John

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 Kelman, John

Here also there has been an apparently reasonable Titanism.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John