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maximalist Definition

maxi·mal·ist (-məl ist)

noun

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

Etymology: maximal + -ist

maximalist Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

Italian: There were many indications that the French centrists would repeat the course of the Italian Maximalists, that is, split with us.

Modifies a noun

  • interpretation: In the period 1918-20 the Zionists put forward their own maximalist interpretation of the Balfour Declaration.
  • view: President Bush's State of the Union Address definitely endorsed a maximalist view of American war aims.
  • demand: Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, placed maximalist demands before the Paris Peace Conference in February 1919.
  • version: There is a minimalist and a maximalist version of this theory.
  • approach: There are minimalist and maximalist approaches to provisional application.