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intimist

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[in-tuh-mist] / ˈɪn tə mɪst /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the recording of intimate personal and psychological experiences as a basis for art, literature, etc..

    an intimist novel.

noun

  1. an intimist painter, writer, etc.

Etymology

Origin of intimist

1900–05; < French intimiste, equivalent to intime intimate 1 + -iste -ist

Example Sentences

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Times art critic Christopher Knight calls painter Mark Innerst “an intimist of spectacle.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2018

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