Used in a Sentence

maximalist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for maximalist.

Editorial note

Although you might think the author is being maximalist, you don't need to respond in kind.

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Quick take

(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of maximalist gathered in one view.

noun

(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

noun

(politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.

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(religion) A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for maximalist.

noun

(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

noun

(politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.

noun

(religion) A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.

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(historical) A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.

Example sentences

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Although you might think the author is being maximalist, you don't need to respond in kind.

2

Does it allow for the more maximalist expressions, or does it hold that they're flawed in their philosophy?

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Wouldn't the rest of you benighted nations like to enjoy the fruits of our maximalist copyright regime as well?

4

Ulysses is maximalist, The Unnameable is minimalist.

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That would imply there is a more extreme interpretation that would qualify as maximalist.

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I'm suspicious of that assertion only because it ignores the fact that the copyright-maximalist lobby has used the U.

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For argument's sake let's say you are right, that it is not maximalist.

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It's not maximalist to say that a website cannot make a copy of something for someone who owns the item in another form.

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Sorry, but tempered reasoning like this is not acceptable in the maximalist society we have today.

10

In that sense, it might be more of a maximalist approach than what I'm looking for.

11

That is true under a maximalist interpretation of copyright.

12

From a maximalist perspective you are quite correct.

Quote examples

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Without a maximalist attitude, do you foresee a point where the language is declared as "done" and all the full-time devs just pack up and move on?

2

It's different for simple BT notification buzzers, but "maximalist" smartwatches like the Apple Watch surely call out for the latest and greatest semiconductor processes.

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"A Minimalist Text Adventure"-- What would a maximalist text adventure look like?

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I also prefer the spirit of the Noisebridge reply to Dreamworks [1] – roughly, "you should be embarrassed for even thinking you need to ask" – to copyright-maximalist freeze-frame nit-picking.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use maximalist in a sentence?

Although you might think the author is being maximalist, you don't need to respond in kind.

What does maximalist mean?

(art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

What part of speech is maximalist?

maximalist is commonly used as noun.