minimalist.
Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum.
Meaning & usage
Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum.
I am sure such a minimalist style of furniture would never fit well with my packrat nature.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin minimus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minimumlbor. English minimum English -al English minimal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English minimalist From minimal + -ist.
One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum.
He's a minimalist: when it comes to formal processes, the fewer the better.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin minimus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minimumlbor. English minimum English -al English minimal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English minimalist From minimal + -ist.
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