Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess.

    Maximalismus

    максимали́змmaksimalízm

    максималі́змmaksymalízm

  2. (uncountable, usually)An ideology favoring radical or aggressive action to achieve expansive goals; the stance of maximalists.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I would no longer call this maximalism, but obsession.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tendency toward excess:
Русский
By meaning 1
tendency toward excess:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tendency toward excess:

Origin

From maximal + -ism, by analogy with minimalism.

From maximal + -ism, by analogy with minimalism.

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Forms

plural: maximalisms
Singularmaximalism

uncountable

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
maximalism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto