minimalisticadj.
/ˌmɪnᵻməˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪnəməˈlɪstɪk/ = minimalist adj.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > smallest or slightest > least possible
minimal1666
irreducible1860
minimalistic1947
minimalist1985
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style of composition
grandc1666
romantic1836
routinier1837
parodistic1845
rococo1868
virtuose1873
virtuosic1879
galant1884
polymorphous1890
monothematic1894
rococo1904
impressionistic1908
salon1914
gallant1925
athematic1935
non-thematic1946
minimalistic1947
stochastic1958
progressive1963
minimal1968
post-minimal1971
minimalist1977
1947 A. Gerschenkron in Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 7 163 With due respect for the traditional Russian predilection for broad and vague terminology, the fight for and against a high rate of industrial growth was conducted as a struggle between the ‘teleological’ and ‘genetic’ methods. In the end the ‘minimalistic’ drafts were rejected.
1967 H. Skolimowsky Polish Analytical Philos. v. 137 His [sc. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz's] philosophy was always minimalistic, concerned with particular problems which were closely scrutinized.
1993 Atlantic Oct. 108/3 Ivey's melodies are slightly woozy and doggedly minimalistic; a key change is a big event.
Derivatives
minimaˈlistically adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adverb]
programmatically1907
polymodally1929
polyrhythmically1946
minimalistically1976
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in the least degree > to a minimal extent
minimally1909
minimalistically1976
1976 A. Dulles in P. J. McCord Pope for All Christians? 64 Minimalistically..interpreted, it is hardly more than an emphatic assertion that the pope's primacy..extends also to his teaching power.
2000 Entertainm. Weekly (Electronic ed.) 23 June The minimalistically creepy phantom face of Hollow Man.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1947