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MINIMALIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics)
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)
