1. maximalist - Noun
2. maximalist - Adjective
(art, music, literature) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.
(politics, diplomacy) Aggressive, expansive.
(religion) Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.
(historical, communism) Relating to far-left communism.
(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.
(politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.
(religion) A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.
(historical, communism, obsolete, capitalized) A Bolshevik.
(historical) A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.
(historical) A member of a radical Marxist party in Italy.
Maximalist (comparative more Maximalist, superlative most Maximalist)
Alternative letter-case form of maximalist
Maximalist (plural Maximalists)
Alternative letter-case form of maximalist
Even Attorney General William P. Barr, who embraces a maximalist ideology of executive power, testified during his confirmation hearing that if a president pardoned someone in exchange for a promise not to incriminate him, “that would be a crime.” Source: Internet
Price shows an uncharacteristic flash of power on “Hey Child,” a maximalist country-soul tune packed full of keyboards, buttery guitar licks and rich backing vocals from the Nashville Friends Gospel Choir. Source: Internet
The models, who were all part of Gucci’s design team, appeared on popup screens in clothes that were classic Michele: floral, maximalist and heavy with pop-culture nous. Source: Internet
Stefani Germanotta’s debut album brought maximalist pop back to the forefront of the late-Noughties music scene, in an industry that was desperately lacking in pop divas. Source: Internet
A purely maximalist approach is not statesmanship — and it will not only cost Nevada financially, it will cost us more lives. Source: Internet
First and foremost, the war did not end with a maximalist victory or total defeat of one side against the other. Source: Internet