MINIMALIST
Dictionary entry overview: What does minimalist mean?
• MINIMALIST (noun)
The noun MINIMALIST has 2 senses:
1. a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
2. a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
Familiarity information: MINIMALIST used as a noun is rare.
• MINIMALIST (adjective)
The adjective MINIMALIST has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to artistic minimalism
2. advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
Familiarity information: MINIMALIST used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MINIMALIST (noun)
Meaning:
A conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("minimalist" is a kind of...):
conservative; conservativist (a person who has conservative ideas or opinions)
Meaning:
A practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("minimalist" is a kind of...):
artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)
• MINIMALIST (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to artistic minimalism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
minimalism (an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color)
Meaning:
Advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
Similar:
moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)
Domain category:
governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
