gi·gan·tisme mil·i·taire Etymology: Flourished in usage during 2002 in response to the American sabre-rattling that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. # French term that identifies the rationale for American military buildup as both zealotry and paranoia rolled into one deadly remedy. # "Describes both the scale of America's ambitions and also a pathological condition: an organism grown so large it is sick." - The Observer See also under: Military Industrial Complex

"No country so bent on gigantisme militaire can consider itself impervious to charges of systematic and gratuitous aggression. "