This week’s theme
Mythological characters who have resulted in multiple eponyms

This week’s words
aphrodite
titanism
boreal
vulcanize
gorgonize

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PRONUNCIATION:

(TY-tuh-niz-uhm)

MEANING:

noun: A spirit of nonconformity, rebelliousness, or revolt, against authority, convention, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Titan, any of a family of giant gods in Greek mythology. Titans, under the leadership of Cronus, one of the Titans, overthrew their father Uranus and ruled themselves. Eventually, Cronus’s son, Zeus, rebelled against his father and defeated the Titans. Earliest documented use: 1628.

USAGE:

“But this means that man’s work must be purified of titanism, of self-will, of aspirations to self-assertion and power.”
Thomas Merton; Seasons of Celebration; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 1965.

See more usage examples of titanism in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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