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maximalist

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Synonyms: maximalism, maximalize, minimalist, maximist, animalist, maximalists

Antonyms: maximalism, maximalize, minimalist, maximist, animalist, maximalists

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Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|arts|music|literature}} Preferring [[redundancy]]; tending to do or provide more rather than less.
  2. {{lb|en|politics|diplomacy}} [[aggressive|Aggressive]], [[expansive]].
  3. {{lb|en|religion|Christianity}} Relating to religious or {{w|Biblical maximalism}}.
  4. {{lb|en|historical|communism}} Relating to far-left [[communism]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|arts|literature|music}} A person with [[#Adjective|maximalist]] beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers [[redundancy]] or [[excess]], especially in the [[art]]s.
  2. {{lb|en|politics}} A supporter of an aggressive or expansive [[foreign policy]].
  3. {{lb|en|religion}} A proponent of {{w|Biblical maximalism}}, one who affirms the [[historicity]] of central Biblical [[narrative]]s.
  4. {{lb|en|historical|communism|obsolete|capitalized}} A [[Bolshevik]].
  5. {{lb|en|historical}} A member of a {{w|Union of Socialists-Revolutionaries Maximalists|radical wing}} split from the Russian {{w|Socialist Revolutionary Party}} in 1906.
  6. {{lb|en|historical}} A member of a radical [[Marxist]] party in [[Italy]].

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