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
Cut off from outside populations, Rome’s freshwater crabs developed a form of gigantism.
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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
This dramatic transformation is among the most extreme cases of island gigantism in birds, likely unfolding in under two million years as the eagle adapted to New Zealand’s ecosystem.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 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
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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
This dramatic transformation is among the most extreme cases of island gigantism in birds, likely unfolding in under two million years as the eagle adapted to New Zealand’s ecosystem.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigantism
Noun
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Eisenhower, in particular, felt the magnitude of D-day.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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But their data showed this substitution was concentrated in urban areas and didn’t fully account for the magnitude of the effects.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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These challenges are why solar sails aren't yet plying the vastness of space.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
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Here’s a swashbuckling Zen space opera of irresistible vastness — a world large enough to colonize your imagination.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Fraser’s explosive performance underlines the immensity of the stakes, balancing every precarious element of this enormous mission.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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“Gigantism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gigantism. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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