minimalist
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪməlɪst/
:
gradualista
- Certain similarities emerge in the music of both generations of minimalists.
Examples
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What dyed-in-the-wool minimalist has a freaking maid?
Blog text (5) -
Husky is a minimalist, so he really only likes functional gifts.
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This is really the core of the minimalist gift getting rule.
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Today's post on Miss Minimalist is somewhat relevant to your topic, too.
Blog text (2) -
So, so we are minimalists, not deprivationists.
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Although he often sides with judicial minimalists and originalists, he does so for different reasons.
Academic text (2011) -
But these different levels of understanding His words and acts aren't of much interest to the de-divinizing minimalists.
Blog text (22) -
Adams's symphonic works reveal the composer's affinity for the prolonged harmony that dominates this generation of minimalists.
Academic text (1998) -
The activist identified as a minimalist, supporting only small reforms to improve the current policies.
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As a minimalist, she believed in making only slight adjustments to the existing laws rather than sweeping changes.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who prefers small, slow changes rather than sudden big changes
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7.2
A person who supports slow, step-by-step change
A person who opposes extreme political change and prefers slow, moderate reform
A person who has political views in the middle and avoids extremes
Antonyms
How Radical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Minimalist comes from minimal, which comes from the old Latin word minimus meaning 'smallest', plus the ending -ist meaning 'a person who'. So a political minimalist is someone who wants only the smallest, most limited changes.