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Definition of Maximalist
1. Adjective. (arts) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less ¹
2. Noun. A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maximalist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximalist
Literary usage of Maximalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"7 the maximalist Revolutionary- Committee forcibly seized the central telegraph
office, ... A maximalist or Bolsheviki Cabinet was announced on Nov. ..."
2. The Red Reign: The True Story of an Adventurous Year in Russia by Kellogg Durland (1908)
"One of the maximalist group covered the directors' room although there were
several officials in the room at the time. One of the directors fainted in his ..."
3. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"Gush Emunim and maximalist Zionism remain the Jewish people's last and only ...
the halacha and maximalist Zionism upon them, using state power to do so. ..."
4. Rumania's Sacrifice: Her Past, Present, and Future by Gogu Negulesco (1918)
"They think, probably, that the best means to defend their people against the
maximalist propaganda is to feed them better. But between the Central powers ..."
5. Five Months in the Argentine from a Woman's Point of View, 1918 to 1919 by Katherine Sophie Dreier (1920)
"... he had discovered, through the Montevideo police, a group of Russian Bolshevists
who had formed a maximalist party both in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. ..."
6. The Drama in Former Yugoslavia: The Beginning of the End or the End of the by Anton Zabkar (1998)
"The Croatian maximalist variant claims a space between the present border and
the mouth of the small River Dragonja in Piran bay, which lies about 2 km ..."
7. State of the Nation: South Africa 2004-2005 by John Daniel, Roger Southall, Jessica Lutchman (2005)
"The first point is that whilst, conventionally, there are 'minimalist' and 'maximalist'
approaches to defining BEE, neither is adequate. ..."
8. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"... conventions, and agreements entered into by her with the maximalist government
in Russia. " The allied and associated powers formally reserve, ..."
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