单词 | maximist |
释义 | maximistn. A person who uses or coins maxims. ΘΚΠ 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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