gigantism

noun

jī-ˈgan-ˌti-zəm How to pronounce gigantism (audio)
Definition of gigantismnext
as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe

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Recent Examples of gigantism As the Seahawks hoisted the trophy on the field, amid the gigantism and confetti cannons and surfeit on display, a sense of perspective seemed to have been restored. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026 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 Nevertheless, 2023 saw several interesting developments in fusion, mostly in connection with startup companies pursuing alternative approaches to the money-pit gigantism of ITER and the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for gigantism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigantism
  1. magnitude
  2. giantism
  3. vastness
  4. hugeness
  5. immensity
Noun
  • During the call, Kress clarified further that the magnitude of memory prices led Nvidia to reset expectations, given the higher prices expected next year, said Kress.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The magnitude of all of Nvidia's financial commitments — from financing to strategic agreements to equity investments — has had Wall Street on edge.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnitude
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  • 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
Definition of giantism
Noun
  • Even Musk, despite his vow to take a chainsaw to the bureaucracy, seemed exhausted by the vastness of what his Department of Government Efficiency had taken on, and abandoned DOGE over a year earlier than planned.
    — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The book features portraits of puesteros between shots of domestic settings and local landscapes—the little that belongs to them and the vastness that does not.
    — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of vastness
Noun
  • The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of hugeness
Noun
  • Romantic; something about the fearsome, post-human immensity of these spaces clearly inspired him.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Definition of immensity

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