minimalist
minimalis
definition
noun
As the referendum approached, longstanding splits between the minimalists and maximalists within the republican movement became significant.
a person advocating minor or moderate reform in politics.
Although his latter-day works have been compared to those of Arvo Part and Henryk Gorecki, both best-selling minimalists , Tavener's music is different because of its immediate sweet-sounding appeal.
a person who advocates or practices minimalism in art or music.
adjective
Hyperglobalizers insist that the minimalist political order of the future will be determined by regional economies linked together in an almost seamless global web of production and exchange.
advocating moderate political policies.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Torke's music was a synthesis of aggressive neo-classicism and minimalist influences, firmly rooted in tonality.
of or relating to minimalism in art or music.
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Appalled by judicial activism, he advocated a classical, 'minimalist' role for the court after the tumult of the 1960s.
The libertarian view is 'minimalist' in its approach to criminalization: a person should be free to act in any way he/she chooses, unless his or her behavior victimizes others.
Even with a 'minimalist' interpretation of democracy, the democratic concept of sovereignty would make a huge difference to the way we conduct world affairs.
The embedded liberalism of the early post War decades gave way to the unadulterated neo-classical economic policies which favoured a 'minimalist' state and an enhanced role for the market.
While the Court is clearly very reluctant to refuse EC law recognition to a principle which is important in a number of Member States, it has never expressly endorsed either a maximalist or a 'minimalist' approach.
This too is consistent with Poole's other writings, which advocate focused and even 'minimalist' employment of firepower - both from a moral and a practical standpoint.
Bang on a Can often features, among other modern works, 'minimalist' pieces by composers such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and the relatively young Mr Lang.
All they had done, in reality, was to fight over the principle of republicanism and then endorse the 'minimalist' head of state selection model from the Republic Advisory Committee Report.
I was a bit surprised to hear New Zealand First's Brian Donnelly say that the Government had behaved in a 'minimalist' way in terms of the board.
The two formulae are only indicative of the maximalist and 'minimalist' position.
Liberal thought depends on the strength of this protective function to justify its advocacy of the 'minimalist' state.
That statement was 'minimalist' enough not to unduly anger ordinary Germans but was accepted and transformed by Israel to serve its own domestic and international political purposes.
My concern is that the Government did not take the opportunity to make some other changes to the bill at the time, and only took a very 'minimalist' approach when it looked at making alterations.
They are people such as Anthony, a recent graduate from a British university, who is horrified that even the 'minimalist' Kyoto agreement has been rejected by the world's biggest polluter, the United States.
Accounts of European social policy generally still present a 'minimalist' interpretation of EU involvement.
The beats on Revolutionary Vol.2 might seem a little 'minimalist' to some, but Immortal is that caliber of emcee who needs no distractions when he's on the mic to make his words felt.
It flows from the principle of autonomy and the 'minimalist' notion of welfare already developed in Chapter 2 above.
The revolving structure of the melody brings to mind 'minimalist' composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass in its apparent simplicity, but subtle complexity.
Hyperglobalizers insist that the 'minimalist' political order of the future will be determined by regional economies linked together in an almost seamless global web of production and exchange.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Torke's music was a synthesis of aggressive neo-classicism and 'minimalist' influences, firmly rooted in tonality.
A no vote in France would also put pressure on Mr Blair to find acceptable 'minimalist' reforms or see the EU evolve into a diffuse multi-speed bloc.
In recent times, even 'minimalist' composer Philip Glass tried his hand at the genre.
During the postwar period, neoliberals have generally portrayed ‘free market’ countries as adhering to 'minimalist' conceptions of the state.
He might even start to look like a serial modernist, or a kind of expressionistic 'minimalist' .
The survival of civil society - of even a 'minimalist' welfare state cannot be guaranteed if the state loses its capacity to collect tax.
I previously blogged on the Right Coast about the 'minimalist' conception of federalism that appeared to animate Justice O'Connor's vote in that case.
The 'minimalists' claim that economic growth occurs when prices are right, a condition best achieved with little state action, for which they offer British and U.S. growth as proof.
Rather than expanding our understanding of national phyches, the shows tend to confirm commonly held stereotypes - of Swedes as rampantly egalitarian 'minimalists' , for example.
Off ice, he listens to mostly classical music from the 'minimalists' like Philipp Glass and Steve Reich to the romantics of Tchaikovsky.
In its place shades of geometric 'minimalists' , such as Josef Albers, were summoned.
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