maximalist

[ mak-suh-muh-list ]
/ ˈmæk sə mə lɪst /

noun

a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.

Origin of maximalist

< Russian maksimalíst, coinage orig. applied in 1906 to an extreme splinter group of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary party; see maximal, -ist

Words nearby maximalist

maxima, maximal, maximal dose, maximal ideal, maximal permissible dose, maximalist, maximilian, maximilian armor, maximilian i, maximilian ii, maximin

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British Dictionary definitions for maximalist (1 of 2)

maximalist
/ (ˈmæksɪməlɪst) /

noun

a person who favours direct action to achieve all his goals and rejects compromise

British Dictionary definitions for maximalist (2 of 2)

Maximalist
/ (ˈmæksɪməlɪst) /

noun (in early 20th-century Russia)

a member of the radical faction of Social Revolutionaries that supported terrorism against the tsarist regime and advocated a short period of postrevolutionary working-class dictatorship
a less common name for a Bolshevik
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Word Origin for Maximalist

C20: from French, a translation of Russian; see Bolshevik