minimalistadjective
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl.ɪst/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/minimalist adjective (SIMPLE)
art, architecture, theatre & film belonging or relating to a style in art, design, and theatre that uses the smallest range of materials and colours possible, and only very simple shapes or forms:
minimalist painting
The set for the ballet is minimalist - white walls and a chair.
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Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetics
- art nouveau
- baroque
- classicism
- Impressionism
- impressionist
- mannerism
- modernism
- modernist
- pointillism
- pop art
- portraiture
- postmodern
- postmodernism
- screen printing
- silkscreen
- still life
- structuralism
- surrealism
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minimalist adjective (NOT DOING MUCH)
taking or showing as little action and involvement in a situation as possible:
the party's minimalist approach to economic policy
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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minimalism
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪ.zəm/
minimalistic
adjective uk/ˌmɪn.ɪ.məˈlɪs.tɪk//ˌmɪn.ə.məˈlɪs.tɪk/
The decor is stark and minimalistic.
minimalistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl.ɪst/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/an artist or designer who uses a minimalist style
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Artists
- agent
- artist
- caricature
- cartoonist
- cubism
- draughtswoman
- etcher
- expressionism
- graphic design
- illustrator
- painter
- pavement artist
- pointillism
- Pre-Raphaelite
- romanticism
- structuralism
- surrealism
- symbolist
- tagger
- the avant-garde
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