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maximalist

[ mak-suh-muh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.


Maximalist

1

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦°ì²õɪ³¾É™±ôɪ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. a member of the radical faction of Social Revolutionaries that supported terrorism against the tsarist regime and advocated a short period of postrevolutionary working-class dictatorship
  2. a less common name for a Bolshevik
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

maximalist

2

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦°ì²õɪ³¾É™±ôɪ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. a person who favours direct action to achieve all his goals and rejects compromise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maximalist1

< Russian ³¾²¹°ì²õ¾±³¾²¹±ôí²õ³Ù, coinage originally applied in 1906 to an extreme splinter group of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary party; maximal, -ist
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maximalist1

C20: from French, a translation of Russian; see Bolshevik
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Black credits a cultural shift to the recent appreciation of her maximalist pop sound.

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I want kids to come in and feel like they can reach their most maximalist potential.

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Thankfully, that awkward scene is discretely filmed in this otherwise maximalist production.

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The film is a feat of maximalist and moody production design and cinematography, but the tedious and overwrought script renders every character two-dimensional, despite the effortful acting and teary pronunciations.

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“I like to have a sense of humor,†says the self-described maximalist.

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