maximalist

[ mak-suh-muh-list ]

noun
  1. 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

1
<Russian maksimalíst, coinage originally applied in 1906 to an extreme splinter group of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary party; see maximal, -ist

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British Dictionary definitions for maximalist (1 of 2)

maximalist

/ (ˈmæksɪməlɪst) /


noun
  1. 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)
  1. 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

  2. a less common name for a Bolshevik

Origin of Maximalist

2
C20: from French, a translation of Russian; see Bolshevik

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