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maximalist

max i mal ist |ˈmaksəməlist ˈmæksəmələst | noun (esp. in politics ) a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise. adjective of or denoting an extreme opinion: if we demand only maximalist ends, we will get nothing. DERIVATIVES max i mal ism |-ˌizəm |noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from maximal, on the pattern of Russian maksimalist.

 

Oxford Dictionary

maximalist

max ¦imal |ist |ˈmaksɪm (ə )lɪst | noun (especially in politics ) a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise. adjective of or denoting an extreme opinion: the maximalist interpretation is more promising. DERIVATIVES maximalism noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from maximal, on the pattern of Russian maksimalist.

 

Duden Dictionary

Maximalist

Ma xi ma list Substantiv, maskulin , der |Maximal i st |der Maximalist; Genitiv: des Maximalisten, Plural: die Maximalisten 1 jemand, der das Äußerste fordert 2 Sozialist, der die sofortige Machtübernahme der revolutionären Kräfte fordert

 

Maximalistin

Ma xi ma lis tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Maximal i stin |die Maximalistin; Genitiv: der Maximalistin, Plural: die Maximalistinnen weibliche Form zu Maximalist

 

Spanish Dictionary

maximalista

maximalista adjetivo 1 Del maximalismo o relacionado con esta tendencia :ambas posturas, llevadas a un rigor maximalista, parecen igualmente equivocadas .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es partidario de unas ideas o actitudes tajantes o extremas, especialmente en política .SINÓNIMO extremista .3 [persona ] Que, durante la Revolución rusa, era partidario de llevar a cabo gran número de reformas radicales .