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gigantomaniac en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.
   • 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 proportions. 1999, Eric Roman, The Stalin Years in Hungary (Studies in Russian History), volume 2, E. Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 37:
   • Stalin's gigantomaniac visions

Relateds

megalomaniac

Translations (1)

de gigantomanisch (Translations)