maximalist noun & adjective. ['maksɪm(ǝ)lɪst] Also Maximalist. E20.
[from MAXIMAL + -IST, after Russian maksimalist. Cf. BOLSHEVIK.]
A. noun. A person who holds out for the maximum of his or her demands and rejects compromises; spec. (Hist.) a member of the part of the Russian Social-Democratic Party which favoured extreme methods; a member of any similar group outside the former USSR. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of maximalists or maximalism. M20.

■ maximalism noun the beliefs or practices of maximalists E20.

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