gigantomaniac

G2I1G2A1N1T1O1M3A1N1I1A1C3

adjective

Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.

“Stalin's gigantomaniac visions”

Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivegigantomaniac (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.

    Stalin's gigantomaniac visions

    1 more example

    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.

    1999, Eric Roman, The Stalin Years in Hungary (Studies in Russian History), volume 2, E. Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 37

Origin

By surface analysis, gigantomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, giganto- + -maniac.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German gigantomanisch
  • gigantomanischTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

gigantomaniac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigantomaniac

MLA

“gigantomaniac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigantomaniac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gigantomaniac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigantomaniac.

Source: gigantomaniac on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.