Definition of "maximalist" in English

adjective

1. (art, music, literature) Preferring redundancy; tending to do or provide more rather than less.

2. (politics, diplomacy) Aggressive, expansive.

3. (religion, Christianity) Relating to religious or Biblical maximalism.

4. (historical, communism) Relating to far-left communism.

noun

1. (art, literature, music) A person with maximalist beliefs or tendencies; someone who prefers redundancy or excess, especially in the arts.

2. (politics) A supporter of an aggressive or expansive foreign policy.

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

4. (historical, communism, obsolete, capitalized) A Bolshevik.

5. (historical) A member of a radical wing split from the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1906.

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