Gigantomaniac

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania. not-comparable

    "Stalin's gigantomaniac visions"

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

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

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