minimalist
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5.4
- adjective
- /ˈmɪnɪməlɪst/
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minimalista
- Her home is decorated in a minimalist style, with few furnishings and a calming color palette.
- minimalist art
- minimalist sculpture
- minimalist music
I like the kind of minimalist feel to it.
- I like the kind of minimalist feel to it.
- I have a cheap but minimalist bed frame from Amazon.
- And do you prefer the more minimalist effortless simple, I guess?
- There's there was some nothing minimalist about them.
- My front room is like all white, very minimalist.
- If I had to get a tattoo, I would want it to be somewhere on my forearm and it would have to be some minimalist line art drawing.
Examples
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I have a cheap but minimalist bed frame from Amazon.
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Her apartment was stark, minimalist, a small, less expensive version of the gallery in which they'd met.
Fiction book (1990) -
I like the kind of minimalist feel to it.
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This is going to be a very minimalist style of photo.
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Will we all want to play or listen to minimalist music?
Academic text (1998) -
I think it should be very minimalist.
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On stage is a minimalist set: wood planks and metal poles.
Fiction book (1999) -
Now, at first glance it looks like a pretty minimalist black desk, but that's what's good about it.
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Phoebe is struck by the artists' clear familiarity with the subject, the minimalist renditions.
Fiction book (2000) -
Viewed through the long lens, compositions of minimalist art readily present themselves, providing a unique photographic backdrop.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
Plain and without decoration
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1.0
Simple and not decorated or flavored
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5.0
Calm and simple in style without showy details
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7.2
Having a simple style with no extra decoration
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4.2
Very simple, with only the basic parts that are needed
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3.8
Simple and basic without extra services or decoration
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4.8
Has only the basic parts and no extra features
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5.9
Quiet and simple in style, not showy
Being very simple and having only the basic parts
A simple design that has only the basic parts needed
Simple and plain with no extra things or decorations
Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated
How Minimal
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7.2
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5.4
12
3.9
220
1.0
49
3.9
- Literature
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Minimalist comes from minimal (from minimus, 'smallest') and the ending -ist that marks a style or belief. So a minimalist style means very simple design or music, using only the smallest number of shapes, colors, or sounds.