intimist
1 of 2noun
in·ti·mist
-mə̇st
plural -s
often capitalized
: an intimist painter
intimist
2 of 2adjective
"
often capitalized
1
: of, relating to, or practicing intimism
2
of fiction : dealing chiefly with intimate and private especially psychological experiences
the peculiarly modern feeling of individual helplessness that the war brought into … people's consciousness, and it made sense of that emotion as the intimist novel does not as a rule
Anthony West
Anthony West
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French intimiste, from intime intimate + -iste -ist