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单词 titanism
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titanismn.

Brit. /ˈtʌɪtənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈtʌɪtn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtaɪtnˌɪz(ə)m/
Forms: see Titan n.1 and -ism suffix. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Titan n.1, -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Titan n.1 + -ism suffix. In sense 1 perhaps after French titanisme rebellious attitude (1741 or earlier; now rare).
1. An attitude of resistance to, or defiance of, the established order of things; esp. one which is grandiose or romantic but ultimately futile. Cf. note at Titan n.1 3a.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > principle of or disposition to > against order of universe
titanism1850
a1628 J. Williams Speech, Aug. 1621 (Brit. Libr. MS Add. 4149) f. 323v They are seruants attending upon the Church, and comon wealth, and to denye that wch is due to such seruants of the Church and Comon welth, is Titanisme and Barbarrity.
1850 Times 5 Feb. 8 The rough ‘Titanism’ of Die Räuber.
1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. vi. 155 The Titanism of the Celt, his passionate, turbulent, indomitable reaction against the despotism of fact.
1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence II. xi. 123 The soul is filled with a Titanism that would achieve a vita nuova upon a higher plateau, where the music of humanity is no longer sad but triumphant.
1957 Economist 13 July 120/2 He was an anti-romantic with a large dash of romantic Titanism.
2004 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 76 737 Russian culture had no need of Nietzsche's influence to incline it toward Promethean titanism, extremism, and belief in the totally transforming power of consciousness.
2. A (supposed) religion in which the Titans of classical mythology were worshipped. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1804 Crit. Rev. Aug. 376 Sabiism, Druidism, Titanism, and Heroism, are but ramifications of the same impious and primæval propensity.
3. The quality or fact of being titanic; very great size or power.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness
hugenessc1380
monstruousness1545
huginess1559
immanity1586
immenseness1610
immensity1652
enormity1792
colossality1800
enormousness1802
prodigiousness1832
gianthood1841
titanism1851
hugeousness1859
vastitude1876
jumboesqueness1882
monumentality1884
stupendiosity1912
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxvi. 418 Where infantileness of ease undulates through a Titanism of power.
1934 N.Y. Times 18 Feb. iv. 4/3 The Titanism which they have developed in depicting the Mexican Revolution does not chime with smaller life.
1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 23 Oct. Miller's monumental formal fountain..embodies the titanism and solidity that highly exposed public sculpture must have.
2008 Afr. News (Nexis) 17 Jan. Contenders would be inclined to exaggerate the size of their muscle much the same way a cobra inflates its hood to give an adversary an illusion of titanism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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