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adj
Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts, entertainment, lifestyle, literature, media, music, publishing
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adj
Aggressive, expansive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: diplomacy, government, politics
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adj
Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion
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adj
Relating to far-left communism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of maximalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts, entertainment, lifestyle, literature, media, music, publishing
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noun
A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
A Bolshevik.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, historical, obsolete
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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noun
A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A member of a radical Marxist party in Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of maximalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From maximal + -ist, by analogy with minimalist.
