minimalist


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
minimalist/ˈmɪnɪməlɪst/
noun
  • 1 a person who advocates or practises minimalism.
  • 2 a person advocating moderate reform in politics.
adjective
  • 1 relating to minimalism.

    ■ deliberately simple or basic in design or style.

  • 2 advocating moderate political reform.
– derivatives
minimalism noun.
– origin early 20th cent.: first used with ref. to the Russian Mensheviks; usage in art and music dates from the 1960s.
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