minimalnessn.
/ˈmɪnᵻm(ə)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəm(ə)lnəs/ The quality or fact of being minimal.
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1966 B. N. Colby in Current Anthropol. 7 21/3 [The semantic dimensions of a lexeme] may involve no a priori etic grid (e.g., minimalness of membership).
1974 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 18 239 Having identified the closest vote, an index of minimalness was calculated for each case.
1984 Lang. & Communication 4 115 The continuity constraint is presupposed by the minimalness and grammaticality constraints.
1999 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 14 Feb. 3 e That first feeling of utter minimalness is then replaced by a sense of great complexity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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