maximalist

American  

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

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.

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Maximalist ¹ British  

/ ˈmæksɪməlɪst /

noun

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

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maximalist ² British  

/ ˈmæksɪməlɪst /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of maximalist

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

Example Sentences

It became a family craft project taken to its maximalist extreme.

From Los Angeles Times

State Department assessments concluded that Putin would ultimately be unwilling to relinquish maximalist demands—a conclusion that outside analysts have also made in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal

In fact, they embody a maximalist trend in cake decoration that inspired one writer at the Cut to write a cranky takedown last July titled “Enough With the Ugly Cakes.”

From Los Angeles Times

Her maximalist sense of experimentation took center stage in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and earned her an Academy Award nomination for costume design.

From Los Angeles Times

Hers is maximalist, hippy and eclectic, while her boyfriend dresses like a "typical skater in his 20s", in vintage band T-shirts and Vans in various shades of grey.

From BBC