maximalist

The definition of a maximalist is a person, especially a politician, who has strong views on an issue and is not willing to compromise.

(noun)

A person who firmly believes in extreme communist views and who is unwilling to meet others in the middle is an example of a maximalist.

Maximalist is defined as referencing an extreme opinion.

(adjective)

Literature promoting rigid adherence to all communist doctrines is an example of literature that would be described as maximalist.

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See maximalist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who favors direct or revolutionary action to achieve a goal

Origin: maximal + -ist

See maximalist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One who advocates direct or radical action to secure a social or political goal in its entirety: “the maximalists . . . who want the undivided land” (Arthur Hertzberg).

Origin:

Origin: Russian maksimalist, name applied in 1906 to an extreme splinter group of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party

Origin: , ultimately from Latin maximum, maximum; see maximum

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Related Forms:

  • maxˈi·mal·ist adjective

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