minimismn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnᵻmɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnəˌmɪz(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin minimus , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest (see minimum n. and adj.) + -ism suffix.

Now rare.

1. The condition or fact of being absorbed in minute details. rare.

ΚΠ

1820 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 630/2 Your advice-mongers..whose critical minimism..might remind one of those tiny night-flies, that, as they hurry across one's book, contrive..to cover a word at a time.

1944 Mod. Lang. Notes 59 512 The reviewer does not realize that a point may be reached in the recording of variants beyond which by its very bulk and ‘minimism’ it ceases to be profitable.

†2. Theology. The policy or practice of minimizing the substance of an accepted dogma, esp. that of papal infallibility. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > moderate

minimism1871

minimizing1874

1871 Publ. Rev. July 217 Even the conflict against Gallicanism is less momentous than that against minimism.

1874 J. H. Newman Let. 27 Dec. in Diffic. Anglicans (1876) II. 339 Such a tone of mind [sc. a generous loyalty towards ecclesiastical authority] has a claim..to be met and to be handled with a wise and gentle minimism.

1884 W. Palmer Narr. Events Suppl. iv. 278 The doctrine of Minimism, adopted by Newman from Bishop Fessler..gives liberty to the theologian to examine whether the Papal decree on any given point is or is not infallible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minimism
释义	minimismn. Brit. /ˈmɪnᵻmɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəˌmɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin minimus , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest (see minimum n. and adj.) + -ism suffix. Now rare. 1. The condition or fact of being absorbed in minute details. rare. ΚΠ 1820 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 630/2 Your advice-mongers..whose critical minimism..might remind one of those tiny night-flies, that, as they hurry across one's book, contrive..to cover a word at a time. 1944 Mod. Lang. Notes 59 512 The reviewer does not realize that a point may be reached in the recording of variants beyond which by its very bulk and ‘minimism’ it ceases to be profitable. †2. Theology. The policy or practice of minimizing the substance of an accepted dogma, esp. that of papal infallibility. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > moderate minimism1871 minimizing1874 1871 Publ. Rev. July 217 Even the conflict against Gallicanism is less momentous than that against minimism. 1874 J. H. Newman Let. 27 Dec. in Diffic. Anglicans (1876) II. 339 Such a tone of mind [sc. a generous loyalty towards ecclesiastical authority] has a claim..to be met and to be handled with a wise and gentle minimism. 1884 W. Palmer Narr. Events Suppl. iv. 278 The doctrine of Minimism, adopted by Newman from Bishop Fessler..gives liberty to the theologian to examine whether the Papal decree on any given point is or is not infallible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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