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gargantuanism

gargantuanism noun: the state or condition of being gargantuan.

Noun

gargantuanism (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being gargantuan.
    • For some writers, the flowering of chamber music around 1910 represents a reaction against the gargantuanism cultivated so vigorously in the previous century.2004, Stephen Hefling, Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music

Origin of gargantuanism

From gargantuan + -ism.

Questions about gargantuanism

What does gargantuanism mean?
Gargantuanism means the state or condition of being gargantuan.
What part of speech is gargantuanism?
Gargantuanism is a noun.

Words near gargantuanism in the dictionary

  1. garganeys
  2. Gargano
  3. Garganos
  4. Gargans
  5. gargantuan
  6. gargantuanism
  7. gargantuanly
  8. gargantuanness
  9. gargarise
  10. gargarised
  11. gargarises

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