Gigantomaniac
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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