maximistn.
/ˈmaksᵻmɪst/, U.S. /ˈmæksəməst/ A person who uses or coins maxims.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > maker of
sententiarya1603
apophthegmatist1727
maxim-monger1753
maxim-maker1806
gnomologist1813
maximist1855
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Maximist, one who deals in maxims.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 221 The maximist makes the subtler analyses of amour-propre.
1889 Earl of Desart Little Chatelaine II. xx. 63 When you trust one rogue you trust all roguedom, as ought to have been said by some other maximist.
1942 Amer. Hist. Rev. 48 98 That cynical view of nature promulgated by the French maximist.
1989 New Republic (Nexis) 27 Mar. 26 In the Philosophy, some of his remarks have the penetrating desolation we associate with maximists like La Rochefoucauld and Chamfort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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