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maximalist
[ mak-suh-muh-list ]
noun
- a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.
maximalist
2/ ˈmæksɪməlɪst /
noun
- a person who favours direct action to achieve all his goals and rejects compromise
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Example Sentences
First, he argued that they could ban anyone who doesn't agree with a maximalist notion of secure borders.
As the world watches and urges rational talks, the two parties dig in and make maximalist, incendiary statements.
Listen to the violent rhetoric pushing maximalist goals and demonizing Israel.
Norman was the very antithesis of minimalism—he was a maximalist.
The maximalist goal is to apply enough economic pressure to incite domestic revolution and the fall of the regime.
On July 18, 1917, there was a sudden outburst of Maximalist activity, the most violent which had yet occurred.
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