MINIMALIST

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 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)

Sense 1

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 is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

minimalism (an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color)

• MINIMALIST (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)

Similar:

moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)

Domain category:

administration; 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)