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maximalist.

Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.

  2. Aggressive, expansive.

  3. Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.

  4. Relating to far-left communism.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From maximal + -ist, by analogy with minimalist.

noun
  1. A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

  2. A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.

  3. A proponent of Biblical maximalism, one who affirms the historicity of central Biblical narratives.

  4. A Bolshevik.

    capitalized · historical · obsolete
  5. A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.

    historical
  6. A member of a radical Marxist party in Italy.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From maximal + -ist, by analogy with minimalist.

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