maximalist
adjective
uk/ˈmæk.sɪ.məl.ɪst/us/ˈmæk.sə.məl.ɪst/maximalistadjective(DETAILED)
belongingorrelatingto astyleinart,design, etc. that uses thelargestrangeofmaterialsandcolourspossible, and verycomplicatedshapesorforms:
Thecurrentstyleforbardesignisostentatiousand maximalist.
Heshowedhow toweartheoutfitin a maximalist way.
Opposite
minimalist(SIMPLE)
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
- conspicuous consumption
- dressed
- flamboyance
- flamboyantly
- flashsomethingaround
- flashily
- flashy
- flaunt
- gimmick
- grandstanding
- hotdog
- ostentatious
- posture
- push(something)forward
- razzmatazz
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- showboat
- tarty
maximalistadjective(DOING A LOT)
taking as muchactionorshowingas muchinvolvementin asituationaspossible:
Hearguesfor a maximalistinterpretationofourmilitaryrole.
Thefailureof the maximaliststatedoes notimplythevictoryof theminimaliststate.
Opposite
minimalist(NOT DOING MUCH)
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
maximalist
noun[C]
uk/ˈmæk.sɪ.məl.ɪst/us/ˈmæk.sə.məl.ɪst/anartistordesignerwhosestyleuses thelargestrangeofmaterialsandcolourspossible, and verycomplicatedshapesorforms:
She is a maximalist and uses all thecolourandtrimmingshe canfindin herclothingdesigns.
Heaimedto be a maximalist in all hecreated.
Opposite
minimalist
someone whotakesas muchactionorshowsas muchinvolvementin asituationaspossible:
Above all, he is aromanticnationalistandpoliticalmaximalist.
Maximalistsbelieveone can alwaysask: is there a more just or moreinclusivecourseofactionwe could take?
Opposite
minimalist
Artists
- agent
- anti-modernist
- artist
- calligrapher
- draftswoman
- draughtsman
- draughtswoman
- etcher
- expressionist
- Mannerist
- minimalist
- modernist
- painter
- pavement artist
- sketcher
- structuralist
- superagent
- surrealist
- tagger
- the avant-garde
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