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maximalist

[ mak-suh-muh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program.

Maximalist

1

/ ˈmæksɪməlɪst /

noun

  1. a member of the radical faction of Social Revolutionaries that supported terrorism against the tsarist regime and advocated a short period of postrevolutionary working-class dictatorship
  2. a less common name for a Bolshevik
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

maximalist

2

/ ˈmæksɪməlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who favours direct action to achieve all his goals and rejects compromise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maximalist1

< Russian maksimalíst, coinage originally applied in 1906 to an extreme splinter group of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary party; maximal, -ist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maximalist1

C20: from French, a translation of Russian; see Bolshevik

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