Titanism

[tahyt-n-iz-uhm]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

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

Titanism

/ ˈtaɪtəˌnɪzəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Titanism¹

First recorded in 1865–70; Titan + -ism

Example Sentences

Nietzsche may seem to you, as he has seemed to so many, a hopeless abnormity; but his Titanism is in fact a wayward modern expression of a motive that has always played its notable part in the search for salvation, ever since heroism and the resolute will were first discovered by man.

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Of this consciousness, no external power could deprive him, and it is this consciousness that is the governing idea of the fragment, and not the Titanism of the Prometheus of Æschylus.

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On the one hand it is a Titanic defence of the universe against the stage Titanism of Byron's Cain.

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The idea of Titanism has become the commonplace of poets.

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

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