Giantism

Common synonyms include: gigantism, abandon, cretinism, exaggeration, excessiveness, exorbitance.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Synonym of gigantism. countable, uncountable
2
excessive largeness of stature wordnet
3
excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland wordnet

From giant + -ism, coined in the mid 17th century. In the medical or biological sense of gigantism from the 1880s.