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Titanism|ˈtaɪtənɪz(ə)m| [a. F. titanisme (? a 1825 in Littré): see -ism.] The character of a Titan. a. Revolt against the order of the universe. b. Titanic force or power.
1851H. Melville Moby Dick II. xliv. 297 Where infantileness of ease undulates through a Titanism of power. 1867M. Arnold Celtic Lit. Wks. 1903 V. 126 Titanism as we see it in Byron. 1887Athenæum 29 Oct. 566 Their dignity of expression, their melancholy Titanism of feeling. 1900Q. Rev. July 128 Echoes of Schopenhauer's Pessimism, of Nietzsche's Titanism. 1902Ibid. Oct. 369 He has a good deal that is fanciful to say of the Celtic Titanism with its ‘indomitable reaction against the despotism of fact’. 1904G. S. Hall Adolescence xi. II. 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. |