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minimalist

  • /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl.ɪst/ UK
  • /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/ US

adjective more minimalist · most minimalist

  1. Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum. I am sure such a minimalist style of furniture would never fit well with my packrat nature.

    Similar: minimalistic, bare-bones

Opposite: maximalist

noun minimalists

  1. One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum. He's a minimalist: when it comes to formal processes, the fewer the better.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: minimum, minimal, mini, lowest, minima, minimalistic, ultraminimalist, minimifidian, bare-bones, ultraminimal, bare, rudimentary, parsimonious, subminimal, stripped down, no-frills

adjective

Opposite: maximalist

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adj believing in or seeking a minimal state

Españolminimalista
Portuguêsminimalista
Françaisminimaliste
Deutschminimalistisch
Italianominimalista
Русскийминималисти́ческий minimalistíčeskij, минималисти́чный minimalistíčnyj

noun one who believes in or seeks a minimal state

Españolminimalista
日本語ミニマリスト minimarisuto
Portuguêsminimalista
Françaisminimaliste
DeutschMinimalist
Italianominimalista

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@misc{minimalist_2026,
  title = {minimalist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minimalist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}