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minimalist, n. and a.|ˈmɪnɪməlɪst|
[f. minimal a. + -ist, or (in sense 1) ad. F. minimaliste, tr. Russ. men′shevík Menshevik a. and n.]
A. n.
1. (Also with capital initial.) = Menshevik n.; more widely, a person who advocates small or moderate reforms or policies.
1907I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 408 ‘Ah, you're a Maximalist,’ said the beadle. ‘No, I am only a Minimalist. I merely want the minimum—that we save our own lives.’ 1917[see Bolshevik n.]. 1918E. P. Stebbing From Czar to Bolshevik iii. 25 The Social Democrats consisted chiefly of Bolsheviks with a smaller Menshevik group. The Social Revolutionaries were subdivided into Maximalists and Minimalists. 1922Blackw. Mag. June 820/2 The delegation represented not only Communists, but also Minimalists and the converted intelligentsia. 1954Ann. Reg. 1953 153 There were the ‘maximalists’ (Germany and the Netherlands),..and the ‘minimalists’ (France) who wanted the E.P.C. to be little more than a system of inter-governmental association and co-operation.
2. Art. A practitioner or proponent of minimal art (minimal a. c).
1967C. Greenberg in E. Lucie-Smith Movements in Art since 1945 (1969) i. 13 The Minimalists appear to have realized..that the far-out in itself has to be the far-out as an end in itself. 1973Phaidon Dict. 20th Cent. Art 254/1 The immediate predecessors of the Minimalists were Ad Reinhardt and Josef Albers, who brought to their canvases the ‘exclusive, negative, absolute, and timeless’ quality so desired by the Minimal artists.
3. Mus. A composer of minimal music (minimal a. d).
1982N.Y. Times 23 Nov. c11 Mr. Gibson, who..has also worked with Steve Reich, Philip Glass and other ‘minimalists’.
B. adj.
1. = Menshevik a.; gen., advocating moderate policies.
1917Times 23 June 7/1 At the ‘All Russia’ Congress of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates the ‘Minimalist Socialists’ have defined their programme. 1972Times 19 Oct. 1/6 A minimalist summit, dealing only with well tried issues of economic integration.
2. Art. Of or pertaining to minimal art.
1969Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 May 20 Tony Smith, usually taken as the original minimalist sculptor..is well represented by large sculptures. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Nov. 1363/4 The pop, minimalist, new realist, and other artists who have succeeded the abstract impressionists.
3. Mus. Of or pertaining to minimal music.
1977Rolling Stone 5 May 73/2 The so-called ‘minimalist’ ambience currently so fashionable among young bands who've spent too much time listening to Iggy and taking him seriously. 1985Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 7 Apr. 36/1 Glass is often described as a ‘minimalist’ composer, along with such Americans as Steve Reich, Terry Riley and..John Adams.
Hence ˈminimalism.
1969Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 May 20 Call it minimalism if you like, but the real point is that the thing insists on being just itself and nothing more. 1977New Wave Mag. vii. 12 Numbers are fast and slow. Some are only about thirty seconds long. This ain't minimalism. It's a sense of humour. 1985Radio Times 20 July 85/1 In the 1960s he [sc. Steve Reich] began exploring the musical effects of repeated musical patterns that incorporate gradual changes over an extended period. The style came to be called minimalism.
Add: minimaˈlistic a.; minimaˈlistically adv.
1976A. Dulles in P. J. McCord Pope for all Christians? 64 Minimalistically, or even strictly, interpreted, it is hardly more than an emphatic assertion that the pope's primacy..extends also to his teaching power. 1991Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 19/8 As an opera it was a good spectacle. As music, as any kind of thoughtful insight into present-day problems, it might be forgotten instantly, maybe minimalistically. 1967H. Skolimowsky Polish Analytical Philos. v. 137 His [sc. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz's, 1890–1963] philosophy was always minimalistic, concerned with particular problems which were closely scrutinized. 1993Atlantic Oct. 108/3 Ivey's melodies are slightly woozy and doggedly minimalistic; a key change is a big event. |