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Recent Examples of giantism Brontotheres, the ancient North American ancestors of the horse, is a giantism outlier as—growing from around 40 pounds to four to five tons in 16 million years. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023 In an especially mind-bending passage, Wengrow and Graeber show that the majority of Paleolithic tombs contained not grandees but individuals with physical anomalies including dwarfism, giantism, and spinal abnormalities. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 Other prehistoric examples of autapomorphic giantism include the extinct mega-ducks of Hawaii, as well as the dodo, which was essentially an enormous pigeon, said Dr. Worthy. Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019 The researchers think the parrot evolved this way because of a phenomenon known as autapomorphic giantism, in which a member of an otherwise moderately sized group becomes humongous by taking over an empty ecological niche. Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019 The extraordinary success of the giant three-ring circus gave rise to other forms of exportable American giantism, such as amusement parks, department stores, and shopping malls. Janet M. Davis, Smithsonian, 22 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantism
Noun
  • Built in 1971, the reservoir was expanded in 2015 and is strengthened to withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, a local tourism website said.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Still, a measure of the high stakes came during the women’s final, when Anisimova was clearly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment, and Świątek defeated her, 6–0, 6–0, in under an hour.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Cut off from outside populations, Rome’s freshwater crabs developed a form of gigantism.
    Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
  • There were several pictures of people suffering from gigantism, a defect that makes the pituitary gland produce excess growth hormone.
    Jane Smiley June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • But others, thankfully, find a way to talk about the immensity of caregiving and domestic work without degrading it.
    Elissa Strauss, Glamour, 10 May 2025

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“Giantism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantism. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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