Maximalist

Quick meaning: Maximalist is an adjective meaning (art, music, literature) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.

Meaning

(art, music, literature) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.

More Meanings

1. (politics, diplomacy) Aggressive, expansive.
2. (religion, Christianity) Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.
3. (art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.
4. (politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.
5. (religion) A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.
6. (historical, communism) Relating to far-left communism.
7. (historical, communism, obsolete, capitalized) A Bolshevik.

Example Sentences

You might call [Louis] Wain’s ‘mad’ style a version of the outsider mode in its paranoid or maximalist aspect.

Three elephantine examples of that trend have been in the news of late, and they call into question their underlying maximalist presumption that more is more.

The biennial also includes a sprawling cityscape by Chris Burden incorporating thousands of model buildings, cranes and automobiles, a maximalist vision where Mr. Ashkin's is minimalist.

Bach's choral music was once often heard in maximalist renditions, undertaken by large ensembles who by sheer vocal and instrumental weight emphasize the majestic side of his compositions.

Word Forms

• maximalists

Antonyms for maximalist

Common opposites include minimalist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include all-out, radical, extremist, expansivist, multal, overinclusive.

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