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gigantomaniac

gigantomaniac adjective: relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.

Adjective

gigantomaniac (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.
    • Stalin's gigantomaniac visions
    • What was overlooked, or faced with reluctance, was that the mammoth projects of industrialization[,] which had all sprung from Stalin's gigantomaniac visions, gradually reversed the trend toward a better life for the workers and carried political risks that would in time assume dangerous...1999, Eric Roman, The Stalin Years in Hungary (Studies in Russian History), volume 2, E. Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 37

Origin of gigantomaniac

By surface analysis, gigantomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, giganto- + -maniac.

Questions about gigantomaniac

What does gigantomaniac mean?
Gigantomaniac means relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.
What part of speech is gigantomaniac?
Gigantomaniac is an adjective.

Words near gigantomaniac in the dictionary

  1. gigantologies
  2. gigantology
  3. gigantomachies
  4. gigantomachy
  5. gigantomania
  6. gigantomaniac
  7. gigantomastia
  8. gigantomasty
  9. gigantoprism
  10. gigantoprismatic
  11. gigantoprisms

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