Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gigantomaniac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gi-gan-to-ma-ni-ac
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.

Example Sentences

"Stalin's gigantomaniac visions"
"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.

Frequently Paired Words

megalomaniac

Questions

What does gigantomaniac mean?: Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.
Where does gigantomaniac come from?: By surface analysis, gigantomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, giganto- + -maniac.

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