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

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

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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

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.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume